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No full textGitana Vanagaitė, Vaižganto asmuo ir kūryba: krikščionybės ir modernybės sąveika, Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2023, 170 p.Gitana Vanagaitė, Vaižganto asmuo ir kūryba: krikščionybės ir modernybės sąveika, Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2023, 170 p
„Priversti išvykti“: politinių migrantų iš Baltarusijos po 2020 m. etninio, nacionalinio ir transnacionalinio identiteto aspektai
No full textThe aim of this article is to discuss the situation of political migrants from Belarus in Lithuania. The article presents data collected during field research (semi-structured and unstructured life story interviews with migrants) in Vilnius and Kaunas. The article focuses on people persecuted for their political beliefs in Belarus who arrived in Lithuania after 2020 as a result of this persecution. The article provides statistics on the number for arrivals, as well as an overview of the policy exerted by Lithuania towards Belarus and those Belarusians who have arrived in Lithuania. The article analyses their migration history, motives for choosing the country, their future perspectives and plans, while emphasizing their identity (ethnic, national, transnational). The article is written within the framework of the project “Ethnic, National and Transnational Identities and Geopolitical Attitudes of Third-Country Nationals in Lithuania in the Context of the War in Ukraine”, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, LMTLT (No. S-MIP-23-39). The article reveals that political migrants have a Belarussian national identity that has strengthened after the year 2020 protests. This national identity subsumes features of Belarusian ethnic identity which embraces the common origin of these immigrants – Belarus – along with the Belarusian language which they purposefully speak among themselves and in public. Features of transnational identity are also noticeable, since they closely maintained various social ties in Belarus that strengthen their sense of belonging to the Belarusian community, and their future plans are related to a declared desire to return and contribute to the (re)establishment of a democratic Belarus and its institutions.Šio straipsnio tikslas – aptarti politinių migrantų iš Baltarusijos situaciją Lietuvoje. Straipsnyje pristatomi duomenys surinkti lauko tyrimo metu (pusiau struktūruotų ir nestruktūruotų gyvenimo istorijų interviu su migrantais) Vilniuje ir Kaune. Straipsnio dėmesio centre – žmonės, persekiojami dėl politinių įsitikinimų Baltarusijoje ir dėl šio persekiojimo atvykę į Lietuvą po 2020 m. Straipsnyje pateikiama statistika apie atvykusiųjų skaičius, taip pat apžvelgiama Lietuvos politika Baltarusijos ir atvykusiųjų baltarusių atžvilgiu, analizuojama jų migracijos istorija, šalies pasirinkimo motyvai bei ateities perspektyvos ir planai, akcentuojant jų turimą ar konstruojamą identitetą (etninį, nacionalinį, transnacionalinį). Straipsnis parašytas vykdant projektą „Migrantų iš trečiųjų šalių Lietuvoje etninis, nacionalinis, transnacionalinis identitetai ir geopolitinės nuostatos karo Ukrainoje kontekste“, finansuojamą LMTLT (Nr. S-MIP-23-39). Straipsnis atskleidžia, kad politiniai migrantai turi baltarusių nacionalinį identitetą, sustiprėjusį po 2020 m. protestų, o pagrindiniai baltarusių etninio identiteto aspektai susiję su baltarusių kalba, kuria jie tikslingai kalba tarpusavyje ir viešumoje, ir bendra kilme. Taip pat pastebimi ir transnacionalinio identiteto bruožai, kai ateities planai susiję su deklaruojamu noru grįžti ir prisidėti prie demokratinės Baltarusijos ir jos institucijų (at)kūrimo ir glaudžiai išlaikomais įvairiais socialiniais ryšiais, stiprinančiais jų priklausomybės baltarusių bendruomenei jausmą
Abstrakčiųjų stimulų žodžių asociacijos
No full textThis article presents a word association study aimed at answering two questions: what kinds of associations are elicited by abstract cues and whether participants of different ages produce semantically distinct associations. Participants were presented with 30 abstract cues and asked to type the first word that came to mind after reading each cue. The analysis was based on responses from 389 participants and focused on the semantic content of the associations. The semantic analysis revealed that abstract cues often elicit associations related to concrete objects. For example, emotions are frequently associated with the body, values with other people, and time with movement. The study also found that the semantics of associations is influenced by age: the youngest participants provided more associations with negative connotations than the oldest participants.This article presents a word association study aimed at answering two questions: what kinds of associations are elicited by abstract cues and whether participants of different ages produce semantically distinct associations. Participants were presented with 30 abstract cues and asked to type the first word that came to mind after reading each cue. The analysis was based on responses from 389 participants and focused on the semantic content of the associations. The semantic analysis revealed that abstract cues often elicit associations related to concrete objects. For example, emotions are frequently associated with the body, values with other people, and time with movement. The study also found that the semantics of associations is influenced by age: the youngest participants provided more associations with negative connotations than the oldest participants
Daiktavardžio pyktis valentingumas Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos tekstyne
No full textBy using methods of interpretation, descriptive analysis, grammatical analysis, semantic and lexical analysis, 292 sentences containing different forms of the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary Lithuanian Language were analysed. The research showed that the syntactic valency of the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ partly differs from that of the verb pykti(s) ‘to be angry (with)ʼ. The findings indicate that the syntactic valency of the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ is influenced by the semantics and grammar of the verb pykti(s) ‘to be angryʼ and nouns within its minimal semantic field. Specifically, the nominative case governed by the verb pykti(s) ‘to be angryʼ is replaced by the genitive case governed by the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ. Similar to the verb pykti(s) ‘to be angryʼ, the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ requires constructions such as ant ʻonʼ + genitive, dėl ʻbecause ofʼ + genitive, už ʻforʼ + accusative, su ʻwithʼ + instrumental and a subordinate clause. Furthermore, pyktis ʻangerʼ, like priešiškas ʻhostileʼ, jausmas ʻfeelingʼ, nusistatymas ʻattitudeʼ and piktumas ʻmaliceʼ, requires a dative actant and can take a construction with atžvilgiu ʻin relation toʼ instead of the dative. Similar to nusistatymas ʻattitudeʼ, pyktis ʻangerʼ can take a construction with prieš ʻagainstʼ and tarp ʻamongʼ.The noun pyktis ʻangerʼ has the same semantic valency as the verb pykti(s) ʻto be angryʼ, just there are more ways to express the contentive and the percipient. When a person, who is experiencing anger, is mentioned or emphasized in a sentence, the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ agrees with the genitive or is used in a construction with tarp ʻamongʼ percipient. When the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ agrees with a dative or is involved in constructions with ant ʻonʼ, prieš ʻagainstʼ or atžvilgiu ʻin relation toʼ contentive, it expresses a content of state. When the cause is actualized in a sentence, pyktis ʻangerʼ agrees with the construction dėl ʻbecause ofʼ + genitive causative, whereas, when the reason is highlighted, it is used with the construction už ʻforʼ + accusative motive. However, it can describe a peripheral person, in this case pyktis ʻangerʼ agrees with the construction su ʻwithʼ + instrumental comitative.The collected examples show that the semantic valency of pyktis ʻangerʼ is more diverse than that of the verb. A genitive actant can indicate not only humans, but objects or abstract concepts too. An anger can be directed towards anything: humans, animate and inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. Nonetheless, a construction su ʻwithʼ + instrumental is not unique to humans, it can indicate abstract concepts too.Hence the noun pyktis ʻangerʼ inherits the valency of verbs pykti(s) ʻto be angryʼ, while also acquiring new properties from nouns within its minimal semantic field.Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas daiktavardžio pyktis valentingumas. Remiantis Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos tekstyno medžiaga norėta nustatyti šio daiktavardžio junglumą trimis aspektais: sintaksiniu, semantiniu bei leksiniu. Bandyta išsiaiškinti, kas daro įtaką daiktavardžio pyktis valentingumui, kokias veiksmažodžio pykti(s) valentingumo savybes perima šis daiktavardis. Darbe taikyti interpretacijos, aprašomasis analitinis, gramatinės, semantinės, leksinės analizės metodai. Nustatyta, kad daiktavardis pyktis ne tik paveldi veiksmažodžių pykti ir pyktis valentingumą, bet ir įgyja papildomų savybių
Melanie Andresen. Computerlinguistische Methoden für die Digital Humanities: Eine Einführung für Geisteswissenschaftler:innen
No full textVorbemerkungen
„Die Digital Humanities ersetzen – selbstverständlich – die Geisteswissenschaften nicht, sondern erweitern ihr Methodenarsenal, und zwar dann, wenn Forschungsfragen durch empirische Arbeit mit großen Datensammlungen bearbeitet werden können“ (Krämer 2025, 11). Diese Aussage steht zu Beginn eines Essays, das den markanten Titel „Der Stachel des Digitalen: Geisteswissenschaften und Digital Humanities“ trägt. Darin setzt sich die Philosophieprofessorin Sybille Krämer kritisch mit dem Selbstbild der Geisteswissenschaften auseinander und zeigt auf, in welchem Verhältnis diese zu den Methoden der Digital Humanities stehen. Doch um welche Methoden handelt es sich dabei? Und welche Vorteile können sich daraus ergeben, wenn traditionelle Verfahren der Textanalyse, d. h. Textinterpretation und Hermeneutik, eine Erweiterung ihres „Methodenarsenals“ erfahren? In dem Studienbuch von Melanie Andresen, das hier zur Rezension steht, werden diese Fragen nicht nur auf theoretischer Ebene erörtert; es wird eine praxisorientierte Einführung präsentiert, die im Unterschied zu ähnlich gelagerten Überblicksdarstellungen (z. B. Alpaydin 2022; Mitkov 2022) den Schwerpunkt explizit auf die Anwendung computerlinguistischer Methoden in den Geisteswissenschaften legt
Lithuanian Place Names with the Stem “totor-”
No full textLithuania’s Tatars are amongst the oldest national minorities in the country. Culturally and ethnically different from the dominant majority of Lithuania’s population, this group have preserved their distinct customs, traditions, national and religious identity. Lithuania’s Tatar minority continues to be the subject of diverse academic studies, focusing on various aspects such as the status of this community in the 19th century (Bairašauskaitė, 1996), the oldest Tatar manuscripts (Miškinienė, 2001), the Tatar history and culture (Jakubauskas et al., 2009), female Tatar anthroponyms in 16–17th century Lithuania (Čirūnaitė, 2021). This research aims to analyse the structure and territorial spread of toponyms with the stem totor-, confirming the areas members of this community have inhabited in the past or continue to inhabit today. The structural analysis of toponyms with the stem totor- revealed the dominance of secondary place names derived from the ethnonym totorius (Tatar), personal name Totorius or another place name with the same stem. The most significant number of Tatars have historically inhabited the southern (south-eastern and south-western) and the northern parts of Lithuania
Baltų literatūros recepcijai užsienyje skirta konferencija Greifsvaldo universitete
No full textOn 17 June 2025, an international scientific conference entitled “Small” Literatures in the Big World: Worldwide Reception of Latvian and Lithuanian Literature in Translation was held at the University of Greifswald, at which literary scholars and translators from five countries presented their papers. This was the second conference on translation theory and practice to be organised by the Department of Baltic Studies. The impetus for the conference was the growing attention to translations of Baltic literature into foreign languages, ranging from translation support programmes to awards for translators and translations from Lithuanian and Latvian abroad, which are comparable to the recognition of translated literature. The primary objective of the conference was to explore the role of translators, publishers, and readers in the process of dissemination and perception of translated Baltic fiction. The presentations were not limited to specific literary genre, time period or artistic value, and did not delve into the concept of “Small” literature, for which there is currently no universally accepted definition. The selection of the reception topic was also motivated by the perception that translations of Baltic literature, along with their nominations and awards, are associated with a broad dissemination and reception of Baltic literature
Studentų lituanistų mokslinė konferencija – tiltas, jungiantis lituanistus
No full textConceived by Lithuanian language students at Vilnius University’s Faculty of Philology and organised since 2023 in collaboration with Kaunas University, the student conference General Rehearsal has already become a tradition, bringing together young researchers from two university faculties for the fifth year in a row and providing an opportunity to share scientific insights and discoveries and rehearse the defence of their work. The aim of the scientific conference is to provide students with an opportunity to present their scientific or research work, develop the competencies of future specialists in the humanities, and discuss the importance of philology in the 21st century
Diachroniškai kintantys netikrieji vertėjo draugai latvių kalboje (vertėjų žvilgsnis)
No full textFalse friends are pairs of words in two or more languages that resemble each other in form (spelling, pronunciation, or both) but differ in meaning, often leading to misunderstandings or mistranslations. Unfortunately, like any other linguistic units, they are subject to change. The growing influence of English can be observed in many languages of the world, including Latvian. This has lead to the semantic broadening of some words previously considered strict and well-known false friends. The aim of this paper is to determine the actual use of five diachronically changing false friends in Latvian. A contrastive dictionary analysis is employed, along with excerpts from the press and a corpus. A survey of Latvian interpreters was also conducted to explore their experiences. The results provide evidence that some false friends are now predominantly used in Latvian with their English meaning, thus having partially become “true friends”, and highlight the need to assess the current usage of other false friends.Netikrieji vertėjo draugai – tai dviejų ar daugiau kalbų žodžiai, panašūs savo forma, bet besiskiriantys savo reikšmėmis ir dėl savo garsinio ar grafinio panašumo klaidinantys vertėjus, nes gali būti suprasti kaip turį tą pačią reikšmę ir esą atitikmenys. Deja, kaip ir kiti kalbos vienetai, jie kinta. Didėjantis anglų kalbos poveikis pastebimas daugelyje pasaulio kalbų, įskaitant latvių. Dėl to kai kurių anksčiau aiškiais ir gerai žinomais netikraisiais draugais laikytų žodžių reikšmės išsiplėtė. Šio straipsnio tikslas – nustatyti penkių diachroniškai besikeičiančių netikrųjų draugų faktinį vartojimą latvių kalboje. Taikoma gretinamoji žodynų analizė, remiamasi ir pavyzdžiais iš spaudos ir tekstyno. Be to, atlikta latvių kalbos vertėjų apklausa, siekiant išsiaiškinti jų patirtį. Rezultatai rodo, kad kai kurie netikrieji draugai dabar latvių kalboje dažniausiai vartojami ta reikšme, kurią turi anglų kalboje, taigi iš dalies tapo „tikraisiais draugais“, taip pat išryškėja poreikis įvertinti kitų netikrųjų draugų dabartinę vartoseną