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Lie u os edukologijos uni e si e as
yd ichas Vilhelmas hakas
VocabVLa iVM
Li hVanicoge ManicVM, and Ge manManico-
Li hVanicVM... nebs eineM anhang eine
ku Zge ass en Li hauischen g aMMa ic
(1730) is a c i ical edi ion o he book which
has been published by he Li huanian
Academy o Sciences. p epa ed by Vilma Zubai ienė.
Vilnius: Vilnius Uni e si y publishing house, 2012, 789 p. ii.
s udy, index and oo no es; p epa ed, he s udy was
w i en, he index and columns we e compiled by Vilma
Zubai ienė. Vilnius: Published by he Uni e si y o Vilnius, 2012, 335 p.
97n86-09-158-7 F ied ich Wilhelm's dic iona y o he wo languages o he Li huanian
language wi h he addi ion o he g amma o he Li huanian language was desc ibed
by he au ho o he sou ces, Geo g Hein ich Fe dinand Nesselmann, as lexically poo .
The same app aisal was made by Kazimie z Buga, who s ayed in he king's palace: i is
"a small ansla ion dic iona y", he w o e in he dic iona y o he Li huanian
language and he p ologue o he dic iona y in 1924.
In o de o he eade o be e unde s and why such a sou ce is s udied and
e- eleased, i should a leas be b ie ly ecalled wha his o ical and cul u al
condi ions led o he eme gence o Li huanian ocabula y and g amma in he Kingdom o P ussia in he 15 h cen u y.
on he i s side.
The ic ims o he g ea plague and amine o 1709-1711 we e p ima ily he
Li huanian peasan s, abou a hi d o whose popula ion died, and mo e han 20
chu ches los hei eache s. In o de o es o e he economic powe o he
egion, King F ede ick William ook ca e o he de elopmen o quali ied pe sonnel.
In he yea 1718, he Li huanian language semina was es ablished in he oyal
palace, which ook ca e o he p epa a ion o Li huanian pa ishes o E angelical Lu he an p ies s and he publica ion o eligious w i ings in Li huanian.
184 ac a
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The Li huanian language semina y (Li huanian Semina , Semina Li huanium) was
ounded in 1727 by he Lu he an missiona ies o he Li huanian O hodox Chu ch in
o de o ain eache s o he Li huanian language. By he end o he 19 h cen u y
he e we e abou o y p ies s o he Li le Li huania. some o hem we e om he
Li huanian en i onmen , i.e. om he Li le Li huania, some o hem had al eady s udied
Li huanian a he Royal Uni e si y. The Li huanian language was also augh o
p ac ical pu poses a he Li huanian language semina in Halle. success ul lea ning
equi ed Li huanian language eache s and g amma ians and dic iona ies. I was
possible o lea n Li huanian om one o he h ee Li huanian g amma ians (Daniel
Kleino's G amma ica Li h anica, 1653, Compendium Li h anico-Ge manicum, 1654 and
Sapuno-Šulco's Compendium G amma icae li h anicae, 1673). Howe e , un il hen, no
Li huanian-language dic iona y sui able o Ge man-speaking people had been p in ed.
The Uni e si y o Halle has sen a manusc ip o an unknown au ho o he Uni e si y
o Halle, whose manusc ip is now kep in he manusc ip sec ion o he Lib a y o he
F ankish Ins i u ions o he Ma in Lu he Uni e si y o Wi enbe g. I was comple ed
on June 18, 1728 and is a ibu ed o he semina y lec u e Johann Rich e . Howe e ,
his dic iona y appa en ly did no mee he educa ional needs o he semina in
Li huanian. In 1730 F ied ich Wilhelm's dic iona y Vocab la i m was p epa ed and
published by he lec u e o he Li huanian language semina y. Go hil as Augus as
F ancke, head o he Li huanian language semina y, p esen ed a balance shee o he
h ee yea s o success ul ac i i ies o he Li huanian language semina y: 10 people a e
al eady wo king as p eache s in Li huanian pa ishes, ano he 13 lis ene s a e s udying.
A he same ime, he poin ed ou he impo ance o his publica ion, he sou ces o he
dic iona y, publicly p aised he con ibu ion o he docen . Al hough he ocabula y and
g amma acili a ed he lea ning o he Li huanian language, bu did no ensu e he
u he expansion o he semina y […] i was di icul o ill he diaspo a o i s
lis ene s, he mos ac i e people did no see u he ca ee oppo uni ies in he
semina y: ich e is e u ned o he Li le Li huania in he summe o 1728, simila ly o
F. V. Hakas, appoin ed o accompany he Li huanian colonis s o he Li le Li huania,
was o dained o he Li huanian pa ish in 1732 and, despi e his displeasu e, did no a end
he semina y. he pee - e iewed publica ion consis s o wo olumes. The olume opens
wi h he essen ial subjec s o a c i ical publica ion: he e minology (p. 6), he
p inciples o publica ion (p. 8), he La in abb e ia ions o he dic iona y (p. 10), he La in
abb e ia ions o he g amma (p. 13) and he con en o he g amma wi h he pages o
he o iginal g amma (p. 14). The olume consis s o Vocab la i m... acsimiles (used by
he Vilnius Uni e si y Lib a y as an example wi h handw i en diac i ics) and
handw i en ansc ip s. The wo d ansc ip ion, ex ual and c i ical commen s (p.
17-487) and he g amma ical ansc ip ion wi h subjec commen s (p. 489-789) we e
p epa ed by Vilma Zubai ienė. The ansla ion o he wo d p a a mu om Ge man is Liucia ci a ičiū ė, g amma (p. 701[…]789) […]
yd ichas Vilhelmas hakas
Vocabula y o Li huanian-Ge manic and Ge manic-Li huanian...
185 e iews by
Lina Plaušinai y ė. She was bo n in Lina Plaušinai y ė. Thus, he publica ion p o ides
an oppo uni y o choose: who will ead he o iginal ex o he wo d ep oduced by
he ac u e, who will copy i , who will ha e mo e access o he g amma ical
ansla ion. he second olume o he publica ion (ii. S udija, indeksai, odyklės) is
de o ed o he s udy o ocabula y and g amma , scien i ic desc ip ion. The olume
consis s o V. Zubai ienė's "Wo d and G amma o William he Conque o :
Ci cums ances o His o ical Appea ance, S uc u e and Rela ions wi h Sou ces" (p.
7 […] 123), and indexes, o which h ee a e o he Li huanian ocabula y (p. 141 […] 262),
he second o he common wo ds o he New Tes amen (named as place names and
place names) (p. 263 […] 264). wo o he indices o hako g amma ians: he index o
common wo ds (p. 278[…]311) and he index o eal wo ds (p. 312). This is ollowed by a
lis o g amma ical subjec s (p. 313-317) and wo bilingual dic iona ies o g amma ical
e ms (La in-La in languages, p. 318-322 and Li huanian-La in languages, p. 323-327). All
hese hings a e o he eade 's bene i : he is p o ided wi h his own ins uc ions
o use. he second olume o he publica ion (and all wo) ends wi h a a he b ie
summa y (Zusammen assung, pp. 328-329) and wo columns (pe sonal names, pp.
330-333, and place names, pp. 334-335). The scien i ic edi o o he en i e publica ion is
boni acas s undžia. The au ho concludes he s udy (ii, p. 122-123) ha hako
Vocab la i m... is he i s p in ed bilingual dic iona y in Eas P ussia (so he
dic iona y is in wo pa s; The pa o Li huanian-Ge man languages has 4886
Li huanian wo ds, he pa o Ge man-Ge man languages has […] 500 wo ds less. i is
he i s dic iona y o ha e a egis e o he Li huanian language wi h
co espondences o he Ge man language, wi h sligh di e ences in he lexicon o
bo h pa s. F om a mac o-s uc u al poin o iew, i is a eligious lexicon dic iona y,
based on he New Tes amen (1727) and Psalms (1728) lexicon, in ended o he
pu poses o he Li huanian language semina o s uden s o he Li huanian Hall.
Lixog aphically, i sys ema ically and consis en ly p o ides g amma ical, phone ic
and seman ic in o ma ion abou wo ds. Re u ning o he e alua ions o he wo d
men ioned a he beginning, i should be said abou he meaning o he wo d hako in
he la e Lesse Li huanian lexicog aphy ha 70 pe cen o he wo ds in he Pilypo
uig's Li huanian-Ge man and Ge man-Ge man dic iona y (ka aliaučius, 1747) we e
aken om he wo d hako. Al hough hako g amma can be conside ed a summa y o
Kleino g amma s, i also con ains inno a ions ha adequa ely show he peculia i ies
o he g amma sys em. In a la ge-scale and a he complex publica ion, edi ing
e o s and co ec i e e o s we e no a oided. Fo example, he exac da e o he
dic iona y's publica ion emains unclea : how could he king hank he F ench o he
dic iona y on Ma ch 31, 1730, i his speech was signed by he F ench on Ma ch 17. Wha
is he Bible's iew o homosexuali y? The i le o he newspape Neue Zei ungen... is
a ely quo ed (ii, pp. 27 and 28). Fo co ec i e e o s, please indica e: p. 58, 59 […]
186 o he
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ad e b; p. 60 […] be ween p aep. and pas . a cable is equi ed; p. 97 […] G amma ical
ules; p. 102, 103 […] abla i e and abla i e; p. 107 […] he acuum; See also p. 57 he e bs
ac i e, passi e, o he (p. 86) a e called "La in wo ds"; p. 78 is he La in wo d o
copuli en; See also page 54 […] ha ing h ee limbs; p. 107 […] P ussia and P ussia; p. 60 […]
he jug, p. 118 […] he jug; p. 101 […] ecommended; p. 318 o he […] pa ades. O cou se, hese li le hings canno diminish he scien i ic alue o he publica ion.
As I w i e hese lines o he e iew, I am al eady in e es ed in he his o y and
g amma o he Li huanian language semina . The i s edi ion o he book was
published in 1747 by V. Zubai ienė, a Li huanian linguis and au ho o he monog aph
"Li huanian-Ge man and Ge man-Ge man Lexicon (1747): Sou ces and Lexical Me hod."
Vilnius: Vilnius Uni e si y Publishing House, 2010), now e e ed o as specialis s o he
old sc ip , p esen ed he publica ion o an old ex o signi icance o Li huanian
cul u e […] The sou ce o he he i age o he Li huanian dic iona y. This publica ion is
a good example o a collec i e wo k on he his o y o Li huanian lexicog aphy, in which
he con en , sou ces, and meaning o he hako ocabula y and g amma a e
illumina ed in he mos de ailed way o da e. he s udy signi ican ly complemen s ou
knowledge o he Halles Li huanian language semina as a Li huanian ocal poin in he
i s hal o he 15 h cen u y.
Deli e ed on 21 May 2014
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