Ruben Nirvi
Ruben Erik Nirvi (until 1928 Snirvi, born 16 December 1905 in Askola - died 26 January 1986 in Helsinki) was a Finnish linguist.[1] He was the deputy of Finnish philology at the University of Helsinki from 1955 to 1957 and the personal additional professor of the Finnish language from 1957 to 1972. He was a special expert on Finnish, especially the Ingrian dialects. He defended his thesis Sanankieltoja ja niihin liittyviä kielenilmiöitä itämerensuomalaisissa kielissä: Riista- ja kotieläintalous ("Negative words and linguistic phenomena connected to them in Baltic Finnic languages: Game and animal husbandry").[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Ellonen, Leena (ed.): Suomen professorit 1640–2007, p. 575. Helsinki: Professoriliitto, 2008. ISBN 978-952-99281-1-8.
- ^ R. E. Nirvi. University of Helsinki. Archived 2013-04-30 at archive.today
- ^ Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, volume 6, s. 417. Otava 1968.
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