Lietuvių kalbos instituto kronika. 1993

LIETUVIŲ KALBOTYROS KLAUSIMAI, XXXIV (1994) LIETUVIŲ KALBOS TARMĖS IR JŲ TYRINĖJIMAI CHRONICLE OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE 1993 Structure 6 departments: Dictionaries (head — Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Vitkauskas), Grammar (head — Habil. Dr. V. Ambrazas), Language Culture (head — Dr. P. Kniūkšta), Terminology (head — Dr. K. Gaivenis), Onomastics (head — Dr. V. Maciejauskienė), History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology (head — Dr. K. Morkūnas); 2 groups: Language Contacts and Publishing (head — A. Stanislovaitienė). Director of the Institute — Habil. Dr. A. Vanagas At the end of 1993, the Institute had 106 employees, including 31 researchers (5 habilitated doctors and 26 doctors). L. Bilkis and V. Kuprevičius were admitted to doctoral studies in linguistics at the Institute of the Lithuanian Language and Vilnius Pedagogical University. A total of 4 doctoral students were enrolled. Scientific Research The following research topics were funded from the budget of the Republic of Lithuania: 1) study of the grammatical structure of the Lithuanian language (functional grammar of Lithuanian; studies of Lithuanian syntax; peripheral contacts of Lithuanian); 2) Lithuanian lexicography (Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language. Vols. 18, 19); 3) Lithuanian onomastics (preparatory work for the Dictionary of Lithuanian Place Names; theoretical studies of Lithuanian onomastics; collection of new onomastic data); 4) the functioning and standardization of contemporary standard Lithuanian (language culture; the functioning and changes of the contemporary language; compilation of an information database for language planning); 5) Lithuanian terminology (development of Lithuanian terminology; standardization of the language of science); 6) study of Lithuanian dialects (Atlas of the Lithuanian Language; Atlas of European Languages; study of the dialects of Eastern Lithuania); 7) history of the Lithuanian language (history of Lithuanian language studies; development of the formation of Lithuanian nominal nouns; S. Daukantas’s linguistic works; bibliography of Lithuanian linguistics; vocabulary of old writings). The commissioned project No. 92—417/13, “Lithuanian Grammar” in English, continued to be carried out with funds from the State Science and Studies Fund. 197 Publishing 14 publications were issued (306.8 publisher’s sheets, 45,300 copies): Ambrazas S. Daiktavardžių darybos raida. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 293, [1] p. — 1000 egz. Baltic Onomastic Studies (Questions of Lithuanian Linguistics. Vol. 32) / Editorial board: V. Maciej auskienė, M. Razmukaitė, A. Vanagas (ed.). — V.: “Bitas”, 1993. — 250 p. — 800 copies. Dictionary of Contemporary Lithuanian: Approximately 50,000 word entries / Editorial board: St. Keinys (chief ed.), J. Klimavičius, J. Paulauskas, J. Pikčilingis, N. Sliūžienė, K. Ulvydas, V. Vitkauskas. — 3rd revised and expanded ed. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — XXIV, 967 p. — 20,000 copies. Daukantas S. Great Polish-Lithuanian Dictionary. Vol. 1: a–m / Prepared [and with the introductory article, pp. 8–54, written] by G. Subačius. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 385 p. — 1,500 copies. Jonas Jablonskis Conference: The category of case and the use of cases (Conference programme and abstracts. Vilnius, 11 October 1993). — V., 1993. — 20 p. — 100 copies. Language Culture / Editorial board: V. Ambrazas, V. Drotvinas, K. Gaivenis, P. Kniūkšta, A. Pupkis, K. Ulvydas. Compiled and prepared for printing by R. Gruodytė and R. Miliūnaitė. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. Issue 64. — 90 p. — 2,000 copies. Language Culture / Editorial board: V. Ambrazas, V. Drotvinas, K. Gaivenis, P. Kniūkšta, A. Pupkis, K. Ulvydas. Compiled by K. Gaivenis. Prepared for printing by A. Noreikaitė. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. Issue 65. — 83, [2] p. — 1,500 copies. Advice on official language / Prepared by P. Kniūkšta, R. Mielkuvienė, E. Oginskienė. Ed. P. Kniūkšta. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 238 p. — 7,000 copies. Klimas A. The use of Lithuanian participles. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 84 p. — 1,500 copies. Lithuanian Language: Researchers and Research. In memory of Jurgis Gerulis (13 August 1888 – c. 1945) (Conference paper abstracts. 20–22 October 1993). — V., 1993. — 34 p. — 200 copies. Lysius H.J. The Small Catechism / Prepared from the Berlin manuscript [and with the preface, pp. 5–6, written] by P. U. Dini. — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 284 p. — 2,000 copies. Peripheral Lithuanian Dialects (Questions of Lithuanian Linguistics. Vol. 30) / Editorial board: E. Grinaveckienė, L. Gr umadienė, D. Mikulėnienė, K. Morkūnas (ed.), A. V idugiris. — V.: “Academia”, 1993. — 229 p. — 700 copies. Sabaliauskas A. Žodžiai keliauja. II pataisytas leidimas. Kaunas, 1993. — 119 p. — 4000 egz. Sabaliauskas A. We, the Balts. Translated by M. Baškytė-Richardson (JAV). Edited by R. E. Richardson (JAV). With an Introduction by W. R. Schmalstieg (JAV). — V.: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų l-kla, 1993. — 151 p. — 3,000 copies. 198 Participation in the Press A total of 64 scholarly articles (8 in foreign publications) and 132 popular science articles were published. Scientific Expeditions The Department of Language History and Dialectology organized 3 expeditions: 1) July 1–10 An expedition led by Dr. G. Subačius worked in Šatės, Skuodas district. Material was collected for the forthcoming dictionary of the Mosėdis dialect (1,500 words were recorded), and the questionnaires in 4 forms of the “Language Facts Collection Program” and the questions in “Survey 1” were answered. Thirty hours of dialect texts were recorded on magnetic tape. 2) July 7–15 Students from Vilnius Pedagogical University (led by Associate Professor Dr. D. Mikulėnienė) worked in Leipalingis (Lazdijai district). They answered questions from the lexicology section of the second program of the “Atlas of European Languages,” questionnaires from the “Language Facts Collection Program,” the “Program for the Study of Lithuanian Dialects and Their Interaction,” and “Survey 1”; 30 hours of dialect texts were recorded. 3) July 8–16 A group of second-year students from Vilnius Pedagogical University, led by Dr. L. Grumadienė, worked in Mielagėnai (Ignalina district). In addition to the expedition’s traditional activities (collecting words, filling out questionnaires, etc.), a phonetics experiment was conducted, material on bell ringing was copied from the archives of the Mielagėnai church, and information was gathered about the activities of the “Rytas” society. Dr. K. Morkūnas led and assisted 50 Vilnius Pedagogical University students who collected data on their native dialects. Staff of the Dictionary Department collected linguistic data in their home areas: V. Vitkauskas in the Kuršėnai, Raudėnai, Tryškiai, and Naujoji Akmenė areas; A. Rimševičienė in Kaltanėnai; O. Kažukauskaitė in Teneniai; A. Rubinas in Švedriškė, Kazitiškis, and Salakas; and A. Kaluinienė in Šiluva. R. Vitkauskas and V. Kuprevičius worked in Kaišiadorys district. A total of 4,000 words were collected and 20 hours of dialect texts were recorded. Conferences and International Scholarly Relations February 5–6 At the international conference “Comparative Belarusian, Russian, and Polish Linguistics,” held in Vitebsk, D. Mikulėnienė (“A Comparison of the Phonological Vowel Systems of Lithuanian, Belarusian, and Polish at the Lithuanian-Belarusian Border”) and L. Grumadienė (“The Anthroponymy of the Present-Day Baltic-Slavic Borderland”) delivered papers. March 15–September 1 A. Romančiuk undertook a research placement at the Department of Baltic Languages of the University of Warsaw. She studied language-contact topics in Polish linguistics and supplemented her monograph “Proper Names in a Lithuanian Borderland Dialect” with Lithuanian onomastic material held in Warsaw archives. May 21–24 At the international conference “The Balts and Belarusian Ethnogenesis,” held in Minsk, A. Vanagas delivered papers (“Baltic place- 199 the range of names and the problem of the Slavic homeland”), D. Mikulėnienė (“The influence of consonants *t, *d on the phonological system of Lithuanian dialects along the Lithuanian-Belarusian border”), A. Vidugiris (“On some convergent phenomena of bilingualism on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border”). On June 3–4, at the 29th republican conference of physicists, “Physics Teaching and Studies,” organized by the Lithuanian Physical Society and the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University, papers were presented by K. Gaivenis (“Evaluation of physics terms”), A. Kaulakienė (“The language of abstracts in the collection ‘Lithuanian Physics’”), A. Auksoriūtė and St. Keinys (“The international character of laser physics terminology”). On October 11, papers were presented at the conference on Jonas Jablonskis, “The Case Category and the Use of Cases,” organized by the Department of Language Culture and Vilnius University’s Department of Lithuanian Language: L. Grumadienė (“The use of cases in the Punsk dialect”), P. Kniūkšta (“More unusual forms of loanwords”), R. Miliūnaitė (“Evaluation of variants in case usage”), A. Valackienė (“Primary and secondary case functions”), E. Valiulytė (“The meaning relation of constructions pro Gal and per Gal ‘right through’”). On October 20–22, at the international conference “The Lithuanian Language: Researchers and Research,” organized by the Department of Language History and Dialectology and dedicated to commemorating Jurgis Gerulis (1888 08 13 — circa 1945), papers were presented by: S. Ambrazas (“On the spread and development of Baltic-language diminutives with the determinatives *-k-, *-l-”), V. Ambrazas (“The Baltic infinitive from the perspective of syntactic reconstruction”), I. Andriukaitienė (“The concept of colour and its names in the Lithuanian language”), N. Čepienė (“Consonants s and š, s and z, s and c, š and ž, z and ž in loanwords from German”), K. Garšva (“The Žiliai dialect”), L. Grumadienė (“The emergence of subdialects”), J. Karaciejus (“J. Gerulis’s ‘Old Readings’: principles of compilation and significance for Lithuanian studies”), A. Kaulakienė (“From the history of Lithuanian physics terminology”), P. Kniūkšta (“Non-diphthongal vowel sequences”), V. Maciejauskienė (“On the evaluation of Lithuanian surnames with the suffixes -avičius, -evičius”), D. Mikulėnienė (“On the mixing of the accent paradigms of Southern Aukštaitian and Eastern Aukštaitian Vilnius dialects”), K. Morkūnas (“Comparative morphology (verb) of M. Daukša’s (1595) and the anonymous (1605) catechisms”), M. Norkaitienė (“The adoption of a neologism”), V. Pranskūnaitė (“Names for the stork in Lithuanian dialects (based on A. Salys’s ‘Apklauso 1’ data)”), M. Razmukaitė (“A few remarks on the suffixal formation and suffixal oikonymy of Prussian Lithuania”), A. Sabaliauskas (“A few details for Jurgis Gerulis’s biography”), D. Sabaliauskaitė (“Road names in the Lithuanian language”), B. Stundžia (“Prussian studies in K. O. Falk’s manuscript legacy”), G. Subačius (“Jurgis Ambraziejus Pabrėža’s project for a standard written Samogitian language”), K. Ulvydas (“The relevance of language culture at different stages in the life of the Lithuanian nation”), A. Vanagas (“The village name Stabaunỹčius”), A. Vidugiris (“On the affiliation and origin of the Zietela dialect”). On November 5, at the international Kazimieras Būga conference organized by Vilnius University’s Department of Baltic Philology and devoted to questions of etymology and onomastics, papers were presented by: L. Bilkis (“Helonyms in K. Būga’s ‘Nomina propria’ card file”), J. Karaciejus (“The etymology of old Lithuanian social terms in K. Būga’s writings”), S. Karaliūnas (“On the name of Lithuania 200 and the origins of statehood—a new interpretation”), V. Maciejauskienė (“A few etymologies of Lithuanian surnames”), A. Vanagas (“The name of the town Dėltuva”). On December 15–16, papers were presented at the conference “The Lithuanian Language: Studies and Teaching,” held at Vilnius Pedagogical University, by L. Grumadienė (“Teaching translation into Lithuanian from the perspective of language culture”), P. Kniūkšta (“Connections between the language culture course and general language development”), D. Mikulėnienė (“Stress variants from the perspective of norms and system”), and A. Vanagas (“Linguistics in Lithuania”). Institute Guests On February 4, Caroline Guimond, an employee of the Canadian Embassy, visited. A. Vanagas introduced the visitor to the activities of the LKI and surveyed scholarly publications on the Lithuanian language dealing with language standardization. On February 24, A. Vanagas, V. Ambrazas and A. Sabaliauskas received Barry Newman, a staff correspondent for the daily newspaper “The Wall Street Journal.” The journalist was interested in the Lithuanian language, the history of its study, and its contemporary usage. On February 27, Barry Newman, together with A. Sabaliauskas and K. Morkūnas, visited Zosė Baliukevičienė (born 1897), a speaker of the Dzūkian dialect, in the village of Čižiūnai, Varėna district. The journalist’s impressions of Lithuania were described in the article “Lithuanian Linguists Are Resisting New Attacks on the Native Tongue” (for more on this, see “The Wall Street Journal,” 1993 04 12). On March 30 and April 6, Professor Dr. Guido Michelini, head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Potenza, delivered two lectures in Lithuanian to Institute staff and doctoral students on the phenomenology of Simonas Vaišnoras’s translation of “Margarita theologica” and the peculiarities of word order in Jonas Bretkūnas’s “Postilė.” On April 6, German scholars Professor B. Schlerath and Dr. E. Bukevičiūtė visited. The guests learned about the principles behind compiling the dialect card file and the dialect research program. On May 6, Swedish linguist Lars-Gunnar Larsson was interested in the latest scholarly work by Lithuanian linguists and opportunities for broader cooperation. Since this was the guest’s first visit not only to the LKI but also to Lithuania, a sightseeing tour of Vilnius and Trakai was arranged for him. On July 30, Professor Ikuo Murata from Japan visited. On September 20, the distinguished Russian linguists G. Klimov and Dzh. Edelman met with staff of the Department of Language History and Dialectology. September 20–22 Italian scholar Pietro U. Dini took an interest in research on old Lithuanian writings. October 20–22 Balticists Anatolijus Nepokupnas (Ukraine) and Raineris Eckertas (Germany) also took part and presented papers at the scientific conference commemorating J. Gerulis. Resolutions of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Science Council On March 17, the Institute and Vytautas Magnus University were granted, for five ye- 201 ars, the right to award the habilitated doctor’s degree in the field of linguistics (Baltic linguistics) (Government Resolution No. 176). On May 13, the Lithuanian Science Council and the nostrification commission it had formed nostrified and, in accordance with the procedure established by Resolution No. 549 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of July 15, 1992, recognized the Lithuanian Republic’s scientific degrees and academic titles for all the Institute’s scholars. On November 4, the Institute was transferred the premises on the first and third floors of the administrative building of the state publishing house “Mintis” (15 Z. Sierakausko St.) (541.77 m2) and the premises of the utility building (57.92 m2) (Government Directive No. 748p). Decisions of the Institute Council On January 12, — the project for A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary Lithuanian was approved, and L. Grumadienė was appointed head of the Dictionary Preparation Group; the following were approved: the 1993 Attestation Commission (A. Sabaliauskas (chair), I. Andriukaitienė (secretary), K. Gaivenis, A. Kaulakienė, P. Kniūkšta, V. Maciejauskienė, D. Mikulėnienė, R. Miliūnaitė, G. Naktinienė, N. Sližienė, K. Vosylytė), the editorial board of the publication “Kalbos kultūra” (V. Ambrazas, K. Gaivenis, P. Kniūkšta (editor-in-chief), V. Maciejauskienė, R. Miliūnaitė, G. Naktinienė, A. Pupkis, K. Ulvydas); and the editorial board of the publication “Terminologijos vagos” (K. Gaivenis, A. Kaulakienė, St. Keinys (editor-in-chief), J. Klimavičius, R. Miliūnaitė). On February 25, — two publications were approved for printing (“Kalbos kultūra,” issue 65; “Kanceliarinės kalbos patarimai”); the proposal by the Dictionary Department to prepare “Additions and Corrections to the Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language” (planned as 4 volumes) was approved. On March 31, the following were selected through competition: Dr. V. Maciejauskienė — head of the Onomastics Department; Dr. G. Subačius — senior research fellow in the History of the Language and Dialectology Department; D. Vainauskienė — assistant in the Language Culture Department. On May 27, three publications were approved for printing (Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language, vol. 17; A. Sabaliauskas, Where Did They Come From?; Questions of Lithuanian Linguistics, vol. 33: Grammar and Lexicology); new payment rates were set for collected lexicological, dialectological, and onomastic material. On September 22, “Kalbos kultūra,” issue 66, was approved for printing; it was decided to nominate the publication Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames for the Lithuanian Republic Science Award — Vilnius: Mokslas, 1985, vol. 1, A-K, 1152p.; 1989, vol. 2, L-Ž, 1335 p.; problems relating to the collection of language data in 1993 were discussed. On November 23, it was decided to submit the research works of Dr. Rita Miliūnaitė, senior research fellow in the Language Culture Department, to the Young Scientists’ Research Competition. On December 16, the head of the Grammar Department, habilitated doctor Vytautas Ambrazas, was nominated as a candidate for corresponding member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; the publication “Terminologijos vagos” was approved for printing (editor-in-chief St. Keinys). Dates and People On January 9, the senior research associate in the Dictionary Department, Dr. Jonas Paulauskas, turned 70. 202 On January 20, the Department of the History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology convened colleagues for an expanded meeting dedicated to the jubilee of Boris Larin (1893 01 17 — 1964 03 26). K. Morkūnas and A. Vidugiris surveyed the scholar’s work related to Lithuanian studies. A. Sabaliauskas, A. Valackienė, E. Grinaveckienė, and K. Pakalka shared their memories. On February 8, Klementina Birutė Vosylitė, senior research associate in the Dictionary Department, turned 55. On February 18, the Department of the History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of the distinguished Latvian linguist Jānis Endzelīns (1873 02 22 — 1961 07 01). K. Morkūnas discussed J. Endzelīns’s contributions to Baltic and Lithuanian studies. A. Sabaliauskas gave an extensive overview of the scholar’s life and ties with Lithuania. K. Ulvydas, E. Grinaveckienė, and A. Vidugiris shared fond memories. The event was attended by and featured remarks from A. Sarkanis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Lithuania. An exhibition of J. Endzelīns’s works and photographs was on display. On April 19, the 40th anniversary of habilitated doctor Algirdas Sabaliauskas’s work at the Institute was marked (he began working there on 1953 04 16 as an editor in the Contemporary Literary Language and Dictionaries Sector). On June 25, Dr. Elena Valiulytė, senior research associate in the Grammar Department, turned 60. On June 30, staff of the Department of the History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology remembered their former colleague, Tamara Meiksinaitė-Buchienė (1923 07 08 — 1970 02 07). K. Morkūnas, Z. Zinkevičius, J. Palionis, V. Ambrazas, A. Vanagas, E. Grinaveckienė, and K. Ulvydas spoke warmly about the scholar’s personality and work. T. Buchienė’s sister, I. Meiksinaitė, attended. On September 1, 40 years had passed since habilitated doctor Vytautas Ambrazas began working at the Institute. On September 24, Dr. Pranas Kniūkšta, head of the Language Culture Department, turned 60. On November 23, at the recommendation of the Council of the Nation’s Houses and the Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture, the 1993 Jonas Basanavičius State Prize was awarded to Dr. Aloyzas Vidugiris for his regional studies work. On December 14, Jonas Klimavičius, research associate in the Terminology Department, defended his doctoral dissertation in the humanities (linguistics), “The System of Land-Reclamation Terms” (official opponents: habil. dr. A. Sabaliauskas, dr. Z. Babickienė). On December 21, Dr. Nijolė Sližienė, senior research associate in the Grammar Department, defended her habilitation thesis in the humanities (linguistics), “The Valency of Lithuanian Verbs” (Habilitation Committee: habil. dr. V. Ambrazas, prof. habil. dr. J. Palionis, prof. habil. dr. A. Rosinas, habil. dr. A. Sabaliauskas, habil. dr. A. Valackienė, habil. dr. A. Vanagas, prof. habil. dr. Z. Zinkevičius.). On December 25, Dr. Aloyzas Vidugiris, senior research associate in the Department of the History of the Lithuanian Language and Dialectology, turned 65. Irena Andriukaitienė 203