<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>(apologies for cross-postings)</div><div><br></div><div>"Emakeele Selts", the society for the Estonian language, has initiated a collection to fund a monument for Lauri Kettunen in Tartu. </div><div><br></div><div>As most of you probably know, Lauri Kettunen (1885–1963) was one of the greatest researchers of Finnic languages. He was the first professor and founder of the chair of Finnic languages at the University of Tartu (founded after the reopening of the university as an Estonian-language national institution) in 1920–1925, later professor at the University of Helsinki. Kettunen published important studies about many Finnic language varieties – an analysis of historical phonology of the Estonian Kodavere dialect, a dictionary of Livonian, a study on Veps syntax, a textbook of Estonian for Finns... – and also conducted fieldwork with most Finnic minorities, from the Veps to the Forest Finns of Värmland. He collected an immense amount of data from Finnish dialects and published a – or, rather, THE – Finnish dialect atlas. Last but not least, he had literary ambitions and wrote poetry, novels and short stories, most of them under the pen name Toivo Hovi.</div><div><br></div><div>In particular, Kettunen was a friend of Estonia and Estonians. During his time in Estonia, he actively participated in discussions on language planning, founded the journal "Eesti Keel" and initiated the publication series of "Emakeele Selts". He also wrote poetry in Estonian (the collection "Südame sillad" 1960). During the Estonian War of Independence, he worked in Tallinn as a special envoy of the Estonian Aid Commission, and became one of the few people twice decorated with the Estonian Cross of Liberty.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Donations can be transferred to the account of Emakeele Selts, EE262200001120045339 (in the references, give your name, e-mail address and the code word "Kettunen"). Suggestions and ideas about the monument and its location can be sent to es@emakeeleselts.ee (cc: juri.valge@ut.ee).</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, see <a href="https://www.emakeeleselts.ee/koik-teated/malestusmark-lauri-kettunenile/">https://www.emakeeleselts.ee/koik-teated/malestusmark-lauri-kettunenile/</a> (in Estonian).</div></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>jl</div><div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Välitetty viesti alkaa:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Lähettäjä: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Siiroinen, Mari" <mari.siiroinen@helsinki.fi><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Aihe: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>[KKS] Muistomerkki Lauri Kettuselle Tarttoon: Emakeele Seltsin järjestämä keruu</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Päivämäärä: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29. toukokuuta 2024 klo 11.51.05 UTC+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Vastaanottaja: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"kotikielen-seura@helsinki.fi" <kotikielen-seura@helsinki.fi><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hyvät Kotikielen Seuran jäsenet,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">tiedotamme sisarorganisaatiomme hankkeesta Virossa. Emakeele Selts on aloittanut rahoituksen keruun sitä tarkoitusta varten, että professori Lauri Kettuselle saataisiin muistomerkki Tarttoon. Mukana hankkeessa ovat myös Tarton yliopisto ja Tarton kaupunki.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lauri Kettunen oli uransa alussa professorina Tarton yliopistossa ja sittemmin Helsingin yliopistossa, viimeisimmässä uravaiheessa 1939–53 viron ja sen sukukielten professorina. Hän toimi myös Kotikielen Seuran esimiehenä (1924–30, 1938–46) ja oli Seuran kunniajäsen vuodesta 1945. Hän oli viron kielen tutkija ja suuri Viron ystävä, mutta myös suomen murteiden kartoittaja ja paljon muutakin.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kaikki halukkaat voivat osallistua! 50 € tai enemmän lahjoittaneet kutsutaan muistomerkin paljastustilaisuuteen.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Olkaa hyvät ja katsokaa tarkemmat tiedot täältä<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.emakeeleselts.ee/koik-teated/malestusmark-lauri-kettunenile/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.emakeeleselts.ee/koik-teated/malestusmark-lauri-kettunenile/</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kotikielen Seuran puolesta<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>Mari Siiroinen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>puheenjohtaja<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>Kotikielen Seura</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>