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ACTA LINGUISTICA LITHUANICA XCIV Vilnius 2026 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Darius Ivoška (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF / DEPUTY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Dr. Aurėlija Tamulionienė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) Dr. Pavel Skorupa (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) EDITORIAL BOARD / EDITORIAL BOARD Acad. Prof. Habil. Dr. Grasilda Blažienė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) Habil. Dr. Rita Miliūnaitė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) Prof. Dr. Xaverio Ballester (Francisco Javier Ballester Gómez) (University of Valencia, Spain) Prof. Dr. Ineta Dabašinskienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania) Prof. Dr. Pietro Umberto Dini (University of Pisa, Italy) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olena S. Fomenko (Фоменко Олена Степанівна) (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine) Dr. Habil. Prof. UŁ Artur Gałkowski (University of Łódź, Poland) Prof. Habil. Dr. Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė (J. W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) PhDr. Milan Harvalík, Ph.D. (Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, p. r. i., Bratislava, Slovakia) Prof. (Apl.) Habil. Dr. Marie-Luise Heckmann (University of Potsdam, Germany) Assoc. Habil. Dr. Tomáš Hoskovec (Prague Linguistic Circle, Czechia) Prof. Dr. Brian D. Joseph (Ohio University, United States of America) PH Dr. Habil. Götz Keydana (University of Göttingen, Germany) Dr. Asta Leskauskaitė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) Prof. Dr. Alessandro Parenti (University of Trento, Italy) Prof. Dr. Daniel Petit (École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France) Dr. Philol. Sanda Rapa (Institute of the Latvian Language, University of Latvia, Latvia) Prof. Dr. Daiva Sinkevičiūtė-Villanueva Svensson (Vilnius University, Lithuania) Prof. Habil. Dr. Pēteris Vanags (University of Latvia, Stockholm University, Latvia, Sweden) EDITORIAL SECRETARY / ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Dalia Sviderskienė (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR / COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR Dr. Pavel Skorupa (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) COMPILED BY / COMPILED BY Dr. Darius Ivoška (Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Lithuania) The bibliographic information of the publication is provided in the National Bibliographic Data Bank (NBDB) of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. Bibliographic information for the publication is available in the National Bibliographic Data Bank (NBDB) of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. Acta Linguistica Lituanica is an open-access journal. Its content is freely available, and users are granted the right to save it on their computer, copy, distribute, print, search, or provide a link to the full-text documents. 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ISSN 2669–218X (electronic / online) https://doi.org/10.35321/al1194 © Autoriai / Authors, 2026 Published by / Published by Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Vilnius, 2026 CONTENTS / CONTENTS ARTICLES / ARTICLES Dinara Abitay, Saken Nurkabekuly, Assel Kukenova, Gulnar Bekkozhanova, Tursyn Gabitov, Gaziza Shoybekova, Angelika Molnar Concepts of “Time” and “Space” as a Representation of Human Existence in Kazakh Philosophy and Language The Concepts of “Time” and “Space” as a Representation of Human Existence in Kazakh Philosophy and Language........1–22 Václav Blažek East Baltic “father-in-law” and “mother-in-law” The Eastern Baltic Terms for ‘Father-in-Law’ and ‘Mother-in-Law’............................................................1–7 Diana Dambrauskienė The Image of Their Own Language Variant among the Varniškiai of Southern Žemaitija: Nominations and Evaluations Perceptions of the Native Language Variant among South Samogitians: Naming and Evaluation............1–19 Artur Gałkowski Onomastic Terminology: between Systemic Rigour and Unrestrained Proliferation Onomastic Terminology: Between Systematic Rigour and Unrestrained Proliferation.................................1–12 Alexander I. Iliadi Baltic Layer in the Hydronymy of the Dnieper River Region The Baltic-Language Layer in the Hydronymy of the Dnipro River Region................................................1–19 Balnur Karayeva, Baurzhan Nasirdinov, Akylybek Meirbekov, Nurlibek Omarov, Bakyt Taspolatov, Bolatbek Tleuberdiev Linguistic Basis of the Kazakh-English Toponymics and Eastern Themes and Ethnocultural Traits in the Works of Nuraly Nysanbayuly The Kazakh-English Toponymy: Its Linguistic Basis and Eastern Themes and Ethnocultural Features in the Works of Nuraly Nysanbayuly................................................1–15 Simonas Noreikis On South Estonian Placenames in Ludza (Lutsi) Region in Eastern Latvia (Latgalia) On South Estonian Place Names in the Ludza Region of Eastern Latvia (Latgale)........................................1–28 Pavel Skorupa Rethinking Bezdónė, Darinė, and Įlma: Challenging Current Etymologies, Uncovering Cognitive Motivations A New Look at the Place Names Bezdónė, Darinė and Įlma: Questioning Existing Etymologies and Revealing Cognitive Motivations............................................................1–15 Anželika Smetonienė Trends in the Morphological Integration of Nouns of Slavic Origin in K. Sirvydas’s Promptuarium dictionum Polonicarum, Latinarum et Lituanicarum Patterns of Morphological Integration of Slavic Loan Nouns in K. Sirvydas’s Promptuarium dictionum Polonicarum, Latinarum et Lituanicarum................................................1–13 Ieva Stasiūnaitė On the Meaning of the Lithuanian Preposition po: A Cognitive Perspective The Meaning of the Lithuanian Preposition po: A Cognitive Perspective................................................1–19 IN MEMORIAM Grasilda Blažienė She Departed to Remain. In memoriam Kirstin Casemir (6 May 1968, Lüneburg – 4 May 2026, Göttingen) Gone to Remain. In memoriam Kirstin Casemir (May 6, 1968, Lüneburg – May 4, 2026, Göttingen).......1–3 Instructions for Authors Guidelines for Authors................................................................................................1–4