title: Structure of the Estonian vocabulary
reg no: ETF5040
project type: Estonian Science Foundation research grant
subject: 6.3. Linguistics
status: completed
institution: Institute of Estonian Language
head of project: Urmas Sutrop
duration: 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2005
description: The tasks of this project are:

1) To find out the primary and secondary criteria of the vocabulary structure;
2) To find out correlations between these criteria;
3) To work out the theory of the vocabulary structure;
4) To apply this theory (model) to the Estonian vocabulary;
5) To refine the model (using feedback);
6) To give the scientific description of the Estonian vocabulary structure;
7) To investigate some special questions of the Estonian vocabulary structure.

The prospective results of this project are:

1) Theory (model) of the vocabulary structure;
2) Scientific description of the Estonian vocabulary structure;
3) Investigations on some special questions of the Estonian vocabulary.

project group
no name institution position  
1.Margit LangemetsIEL, TPedUhead of dept. doctoral student 
2.Jane LepasaarIELassistant 
3.Merike MägediIEL, TPedUassistant, M.A. student 
4.Indrek PetersonIELscientist 
5.Liisi PiitsTallinn University of Educational SciencesM.A. student 
6.Urmas SutropInstitute of the Estonian Language..director... 
7.Ene VainikIELassistant 
8.Piret VollIELassistant