Urmas Sutrop

Urmas Sutrop (born 7 June 1956) is an Estonian linguist.

He graduated from high school in 1974 and in 1984 from University of Tartu with a biology degree. The topic of his thesis was "Ardisia crispa A. DC. lehe baktersõlme siseste taimerakkude peenehitus." Near fifteen years after his first dissertation, he was awarded by University of Konstanz with a PhD in philosophy.

His name is probably best known for being the director of Institute of the Estonian Language, a position he held from 2000 until 2015. He is president of the Anthropology and Ethnolinguistics departments, and he is besides professor at General Linguistics department. Since 2006 he has been also professor at University of Tartu.

• "Bertrand Russell in Estonia" (English)
• "Uuenev keel"
• "Trahvidega keelt paremaks ei muuda"
• "Eesti keel pole kunagi oma ajaloos olnud nii tugev kui praegu"
• "Erakorralistest valimistest"
• "Holokaust, kurjus ja meie"
• "Wittgenstein's Tractatus 3.333 and Russell's paradox"