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Society for the Study of Finnish (Kotikielen Seura)

The Society, based in Helsinki, was founded in 1876 to promote the study and use of Finnish. The Finnish name for the society, which literally translates as 'home language society', is tied to the linguistic situation in Finland in the 19th century. Finnish was officially granted equal status with Swedish in 1863, so at the time the Society was established, Finnish was indeed the 'home language' of the majority of people living in Finland and was just beginning to establish itself as a language of administration, education etc. The society organises meetings and symposia and publishes Finland's oldest linguistic quarterly, Virittäjä. It also awards annual prizes and scholarships for outstanding research.
 

President of the Society: PhD, docent Marja-Leena Sorjonen
Secretary: MA Riitta Juvonen

Web Editor: MA Toni Suutari

Mailing address: Society for the Study of Finnish, P.O. Box 3, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

E-mail address: seura@kotikielenseura.fi

Webmaster: verkko-virittaja@kotikielenseura.fi

The Journal Virittäjä

The journal, Virittäjä, published by the Society for the Study of Finnish (Kotikielen Seura), is the oldest and most important linguistic journal published in Finnish. It has appeared continuously since 1897.

There are four numbers per volume. Attached to each article is a summary in English, German or French. Virittäjä also includes overviews, lectiones praecursoriae (papers presented by doctoral candidates when publicly defending their theses), commentaries, discussion, and book reviews. (These do not have summaries attached to them.) Summaries from articles published from 1995 are available on the Web. Table of Contents.

Latest issue.

Editors

PhD, docent Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö (e-mail: tiina.onikki and @helsinki.fi)

PhD Minna Jaakola (e-mail: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi)

Mailing address

Castrenianum, P.O. Box 3 (Fabianinkatu 33), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

E-mail address 

virittaja@kotikielenseura.fi

Subscriptions

The subscription price of one volume is 58 € abroad and 51 € in Finland (47 € for members of the Society for the Study of Finnish and 24,50 € for students). Subscriptions to Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara, e-mail: virittaja-tilaukset@kotikielenseura.fi, fax +358-9-19123329.

Editorial board

Marja-Leena Sorjonen (chair, Resarch Institute for the Languages of Finland),  Hannele Dufva (University of Jyväskylä), Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Turku),  Ilona Herlin (University of Helsinki),  Tuomas Huumo (University of Tartu, Estonia and University of Turku),  Kaisa Häkkinen (University of Turku),  Jarmo Jantunen (University of Oulu), Marja Järventausta (University of Cologne, Germany),  Kaija Kuiri (University of Tampere), Johanna Laakso (University of Vienna, Austria), Jarmo Lainio (Mälardalen University, Sweden), Lea Laitinen (University of Helsinki), Petri Lauerma (Resarch Institute for the Languages of Finland), Ritva Laury (University of Helsinki), Esa Lehtinen (University of Vaasa), Kaija Mallat (The City of Espoo), Anne Mäntynen (University of Helsinki), Richard Ogden (University of York, England), Karl Pajusalu (University of Tartu, Estonia) Helka Riionheimo  (University of Joensuu), Liisa Tainio (University of Helsinki).