Haldur Õim

Haldur Õim (born 22 January 1942 in Helme Parish (now Tõrva Parish)) is an Estonian linguist.^[1]

Haldur Õim in 2008

In 1965 he graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1969 he has taught at the Tartu of Tartu (since 1992, a professor). From 1981 until 1984, he taught Estonian language at the University of Helsinki.^[1]

His main fields of research have been theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, semantics, pragmatics.^[1]

Since 1994 he is a member of Estonian Academy of Sciences.^[1]

Awards:

• 2001: Order of the White Star, IV class.^[2]
• 2005: Wiedemann Language Award^[1]

Works

• Semantika (1974)
• Towards a theory of linguistic pragmatics. – Journal of Pragmatics 1977, 1, 2
• Inimene, keel ja arvuti ehk kompuuterlingvistika (1983)
• Language understanding and problem solving: on the relationiship between computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. – Computational Linguistics. An International Handbook (1989)
• Eesti keeleteadusliku mõtte areng XX sajandil. – Keel ja Kirjandus 2000, 7
• Eesti keele tehnoloogilised ressursid ja vahendid: arvutikorpused, arvutisõnastikud, keeletehnoloogiline tarkvara (2003, one of the authors)
• Estonian language technology – where do we stand? – Languages in development (2003, with E. Meister)