Žymus terminologijos vagavarys („75-ųjų Kazimiero Gaivenio gimimo metinių proga“)

The famous terminology vagabond (on the occasion of the 75th anniversaSTASYS KEINYS ry of the birth of Kazimieras Gaivenis) Lithuanian Language Institute, Vilnius There are all kinds of monuments in this diverse world: wooden and stone, iron and bronze <...>. However, in terms of durability, none of them can be compared to the monuments of the word <...>, K. Gaivenis er several kilometers from Tauragė town at Lake Tauragė lie the fields of the village of Stūčiai. There was no single generation of Musteiki who lived in that village. The last Musteikis who farmed here had the name Kazimieras. Both of his sons had graduated from military school, participated in the struggles for the independence of the restored Lithuanian state in 1918 and had become high-ranking officers before the Second World War, and Kazys was a prominent state figure. Therefore, his daughter Veronika remained on the farm, who married a man from another village302 Stasys Keinys | Famous terminology vagabond (Kazimieras Gaivenis's 75th... this Bolus (Boleslav) Gaivenis. On January 18, 1934, their son Kazimieras was born. By the way, the fairies of Tauragė were favourable to the boys born in that farm — Kazimieras Gaivenis also studied well and became a renowned specialist in his field. Kazimieras’ journey into science began in the years of war and lasted for fourteen years after the war, when, despite the turmoil of life, people took care of the future of their families, wiping their sweat. For many, children’s education seemed to be the best way to that future. Kazimieras Gaivenių graduated from Šeimaties primary school, Tauragė seven-year school, Utena first secondary school and Vilnius University Faculty of History and Philology, specializing in Lithuanian language and literature. Throughout his education he was a diligent and exemplary pupil and student. This is evidenced by the books given to the first student by the teachers and the university diploma with honours. In the second year of university, when she had to choose a narrower field of study (language or literature), she chose language and was particularly interested in the native dialect — she wrote coursework and defended a diploma thesis from it. He was appointed to the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. K. Gaivenis worked at the Institute (after its split into two institutes in 1990 — the Lithuanian Language Institute) for 41 and a half years, moving through all the ranks from senior laboratory assistant to head of department. During all this time, except for the first couple of months, he worked on terminology, i.e. on the processing and research of terms and noun combinations in the subject language (science, technology, art, etc.). In 1969 he defended his dissertation as a candidate of philological sciences (which corresponds to the current degree of doctor of sciences, which was recognized to him in the restored independent state), five of the seven books written by him alone or in collaboration with others are dedicated to terms and their use, a large part of the approximately 400 scientific and popularizing articles and articles, he contributed as advisor, corrector, reviewer or even translator to the preparation of more than a hundred Lithuanian term dictionaries and standards, he edited the annual publication of Terminology for several years. These works allow us to place K. Gaivenas in the same ranks as the most famous workers of the 20th century in the education and development of our language and in the upliftment of its culture. The theoretical and practical aspects of terminology are briefly described in his last work published while he was alive — the book Lithuanian Terminology: Theory and Organization Sketches (Vilnius, 2002, 148 pp.). In this book, read by all terminology learners and learners or interested in it, the understanding of the most important concepts and terms of this science is presented in a clear exemplary technical language, the characteristic features of the terms are set out, their origin and methods of management are reviewed, the foundations of creation and standardization are introduced, the more well-known and most influential directions of terminology theory in our region are introduced, the most important works of those directions are discussed. The subjects explained in the book are based on the vast experience of everyday terminology work gained over several decades and the passion of a man dedicated to linguistics and its culture, which was increased and smoothed not only by continuous acquaintance with past and present scientific works, but also by constant communication with colleagues linguists and specialists in other fields. Since K. Gaivenis worked a lot in the terminology bar, he is often called a terminologist. This is correct, because he was among the first professional Lithuanian linguist terminologists. But he also worked as a dictionary writer, as he wrote four dictionaries (Lithuanian—Russian, Linguistic Terms, Terms Correction and Radioelectronics) and with others. as mentioned, he contributed to the preparation of a large number of dictionaries, as well as the second edition of the normative Contemporary Lithuanian Language Dictionary (Vilnius, 1972), and, in addition, has studied and discussed the subjects of dictionaries. In addition, K. Gaivenis was interested in words in general — he wrote a diploma thesis on the dictionary of the native dialect, wrote articles on common language words, a book Margas žodžių pasaulis (Vilnius, 1987, 112 p.), has repeatedly touched on place names and personal names, so he could be considered a lexicologist and lexicographer. But the most correct description of him as a specialist is a linguist. In general. K. Gaivenis had a good education as a philologist, was a well-informed person, was able to explain his thoughts clearly, smoothly and visually, and liked to popularize language subjects. His numerous advertisements in general and special magazines and newspapers (also for children) are written lively, interesting, attractive. His person harmoniously combined clear logical thinking and poetic spirit. Eastern Highlanders are often depicted as quiet, calm, perhaps a bit cautious and closed people. K. Gaivenis was a true Easterner and indeed had these traits. In addition, he was very hard-working, diligent, disciplined and modest, in a word, a serious man, avoiding noisy events, not rushing into the talk to say what he thinks, not inclined to teach or judge others. Perhaps because of this, although he did a lot as a linguist, his name was not mentioned in encyclopedias, almost nothing was written about him even on the anniversary of his life, he did not receive any famous names, orders or prizes. All the noise of life, its grandeur and vanity, was somewhere far from K. Gaivenis's way of life and as if it did not touch him, 304 Stasys Keinys | Zymus terminologijos vagavarys (75th anniversary of Kazimieras Gaivenis's... Not in words, but in deeds K. Gaivenis loved his homeland Lithuania, Tauragė region, his native home. Constantly visiting his native corner, he collected thousands of words of his people and left them to all in his works, in the catalog of the great Lithuanian language dictionary, through it and in volumes. Recalling the verse of a poem written by Mato Grigonis in 1916, Kas myli šventąjį ramumą, Beržyno kvapas kam skanus, Gamtos kas mėgsta įvairovę, Tevyksta tas į Tauragnus, in the book Margas žodžių pasaulis he discussed the origin of the name of his native village, a few other local names in the area, his own and his maternal grandparents’ surnames. It is no coincidence that, while writing this book, the image of his only sister, who died in childhood, arose in his memory — the book is dedicated to “the memory of his first-class sister GRAŽINUTĖ”. By the way, each chapter of this book begins with a thought from the works of the cherished university lecturers (listed here in the same order as in the book) Julija Žukauskaitė, Zigmas Zinkevičius, Vincas Urbutis, Jonas Palionis, Vytautas Mažiulis, Jonas Kabelka, Jurgis Lebedis, Kazis Ulvydas, Juozas Balčikonis and Jonas Kruopa, who has already led the path of science at the Institute of Lithuanian Language and Literature. It is not difficult to understand that this demonstrates not only a direct connection with our own language science, but also gratitude and respect for our Teachers. With warm words he also mentioned his teachers from Tauragė and Utena, Kazimieras Gaivenis died half a year before his seventieth anniversary, on July 11, 1993. He was buried in the Sudervė cemetery in Vilnius. More about his life and work can be read in the books published by the Lithuanian Language Institute Kazimieras Gaivenis: Bibliography Index (Vilnius, 2003, 68 p.) and History of Terminology and Present Problems (Vilnius, 2004, 380 p.), dedicated to the memory of Kazimieras Gaivenis. This book consists of two chapters — a memoir, which includes articles and memories about K. Gaivenis, excerpts from his own letters to a classmate from his studies, a few photos, and a larger research section, which publishes important, interesting articles by Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian linguists and other terminology managers on the theory, history and present of terminology. The latter chapter begins with a large announcement from K. Gaivenis’ legacy — the unpublished chapter Presentation and interpretation of compound terms in terminology dictionaries of his dissertation Composite terms in contemporary Lithuanian language. Remembering Kazimieras Gaivenas on the occasion of his seventy-- fifth anniversary of birthTerminology | 2009 | 16 305, we can clearly see how quickly life changes, making the days of the past seem to be a thing of the past. None of the first collaborators of the Terminology Group, which was established almost forty years ago, is currently working at the Terminology Centre of the Lithuanian Language Institute, Kazimieras’s only workplace. More than half of the staff of the centre know him only from a photograph hanging in one of the rooms dedicated to the centre, where, by the way, the aforementioned book Lithuanian terminology: theory and draft of the system was discussed before being submitted for printing. Thus, in the excerpt from Margo’s world of words inserted at the beginning of this article, K. Gaivenis meaningfully called the monuments of the word the most enduring “science works® of people who lived in the past. Such Stasys Keinys monuments are also his own writing works, important words for our language, as well as for the present and future of the nation’s culture. Received 2009-12-18 Lithuanian Language Institute P. Vileišio g. 5, LT-10308 Vilnius 306 Stasys The famous | terminology vagabond (75th anniversary of Kazimieras Gaivenis...