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Resea ch a eas: dialec ology, his o y o language,
cogni i e seman ics, a ia ion in language DOI: h ps:
doi.o g/10.35321/all82-12
Danguolė Mikulėnienė (Spanish p onuncia ion)
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TYV UŽUOMAZGOS AND i s ypes
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Encyclopedias, 2018, p. 319
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( i s olume)
Fo a long ime, he ba s o he his o y o he s udy o he Li huanian language
we e domina ed by he b igh and ou s anding igu e o P o esso Algi das
Sabaliauskas and his classic se ies o wo ks on he his o y o Li huanian
linguis ics "The his o y o he s udy o he Li huanian language" (Sabaliauskas
1979; 1982; 2012). Wi h all due espec o P o . A. Sabaliauskas and his wo k, i mus
be said and celeb a ed ha P o . Danguolė Mikulėnienė opened a new page in he
his o y o Li huanian linguis ics, dedica ed o he his o y o Li huanian
ansla ion. D. Mikulėnienė is he au ho o a ilogy o monog aphs, he i le o
which "Lie u os a mė y a: genezė, aida and pa adigma ic b eaks" indica es
ha in he h ee desc ip i e and c i ical discou ses (D. 1: "The in e im pe iod. The
beginning o Li huanian li e a u e: he classi ica ion o li e a u e, he p ospec s
o esea ch, and i s ypes. D. 2: "P egeolinguis ic and geolinguis ic pe iods o he
Li huanian language". Twen ie h-cen u y esea ch: ypes and di ec ions o esea ch. D. 3: The Neogeolinguis ic pe iod. a XXI Li huanian ansla o : mul i unc ional
Danguolė Mikulėnienė. Lie u ių a mė y a: genezė,
aida i pa adigminiai lūžiai. I dalis
Re iews o he Re iew 203 ansla ion model aims o e eal he ansla ion o Li huanian
as a scien i ic pa adigm o language a ia ion, he o ma ion and de elopmen o
Li huanian language (p. 9). In he wo ds o he au ho he sel , […]So his monog aphic
ilogy […] is he i s a emp o desc ibe mo e sys ema ically he o igins and
beginnings o Li huanian linguis ics, o encou age he sea ch o o go en da a and old
a chi al ma e ial o new pages o Li huanian linguis ics, i.e. o ind ou how he
scien i ic knowledge o egional a ie ies was o med, including in con empo a y
linguis ics[…] (p. 10). Bo h he i les o he ilogy o monog aphs and he pu pose o he
ilogy jus quo ed clea ly show ha D. Mikulėnienė ook a di e en pa h in w i ing he
his o y o linguis ics han he classic A. Sabaliauskas. To highligh he essen ial
di e ence be ween hese wo app oaches and s o y elling s a egies, I will no be
o iginal. The monog aph "Mani es ua ing Clay", published in 2017 by his colleague his o ian
Au elius Giedo, con ains he ollowing hough o P o esso Al edo Bumblausko a he
op o he galle y: "The his o y o his o iog aphy has long been abou who, when, wha
w o e. Au elius Gieda chose a di e en pa h: he w o e a book abou who, wha , and how
he hough . He was able o disco e Li huanian his o y and ell us hings we had ne e
seen be o e. The desc ip ion o his applica ion by P o . A. Bumblausko can be applied
almos o he whole dic iona y and o he book by P o . D. Mikulėnienė "Lie u ian
e minology: genesis, de elopmen and pa adigma ic b eakdowns". Pa one. The in e im
pe iod. The beginning o he Li huanian dic iona y: he classi ica ion o dic iona ies, he
p ospec s o esea ch, he o igins and ypes o dic iona ies […] […] I can ha dly desc ibe
and e eal he essence o he book mo e accu a ely. The e o e, in he wo ds o P o . A.
Bumblauska, I can say ha he his o y o Li huanian dialec ology (and linguis ics in
gene al) has long been abou who, when, wha w o e. P o . Danguolė Mikulėnienė chose
ano he pa h: she w o e a book abou who, wha and how she hough . She was able o
disco e he Li huanian dialec ology and ell us hings we had ne e seen be o e. Thus,
he ele ance and no el y o he i s pa o he monog aph ilogy canno be doub ed:
he essence o hese aspec s is s a ed in he quo ed quo e. The monog aph, edi ed by
D . Aud a I anauskienė, was published by he Publishing Cen e o Science and
Encyclopedias, illus a ed by he a is Al ons Ž ilius, p o essionally and me iculously
edi ed by Da ius Šimkūnas. The ex o he monog aph is complemen ed by 86 pain ings
(illus a ion and map blocks), so ca og aphe s Vigilija K ikščiūnienė, Ne inga
Ma ule ičiū ė-Tu lienė, Rima S ilienė, Lo e a Šu inienė, illus a ions o he p ess we e
p epa ed by Laima Gelčiū ė. The monog aph summa y was ansla ed in o English by D .
Anna Ruskan.
The monog aph consis s o P a a mė, which con ains no only he a ibu es
ypical o he p ose gen e, bu also p esen s he au ho 's o iginal app oach o
he de elopmen o p ose, one can say, he ex and analysis column o he
u u e monog aph. The au ho s dis inguish h ee s ages o Li huanian
dialec ology: 1) he beginning o ansla ion and p egeolinguis ic, 2) geolinguis ic,
3) neogeolinguis ic (p. 11), and h ee, in he au ho 's opinion, necessa y condi ions o Li huanian dialec ology, such as
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204 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII au onomous linguis ic discipline, consis ing o :
[…]a map o he a ea o language a ian s unde conside a ion wi h clea
bounda ies […]...[…], […]a ques ionnai e p epa ed o he collec ion o e minology
[…]...[…] and […]a classi ica ion o he e minology o a pa icula language […]...[…] (p.
12). The in oduc ion, which names he pu pose and asks o he monog aph ( he key
wo ds o his chap e a e o c i ically e alua e, highligh and upda e, examine and
e alua e sys ema ically, e alua e om he poin o iew o in e na ionali y),
p esen s he me hods, highligh s he no el y, ele ance and signi icance o he
monog aph. The in oduc ion ends wi h a loud p esen a ion o he s uc u e o he
monog aph. The h ee- olume monog aph consis s o ou chap e s, which in u n
a e composed o chap e s and sec ions. The i s chap e discusses he
dis ibu ion o he Li huanian language a ea and ocuses on he in e lingual
nomencla u e o dialec s and he scena ios o language no maliza ion in old
g amma s. The second chap e is de o ed o he p ospec s o language a ia ion
esea ch in he 19 h cen u y ( he e a e analyses o he ips o A. Schleiche , A.
Bezzenbe ge , F. de Saussu e o Li huania; The Commission shall be empowe ed o
adop delega ed ac s in acco dance wi h A icle 26 o supplemen his Regula ion by
laying down de ailed ules o he applica ion o his Regula ion. he insigh s o A.
Schleiche , F. Ku šaičius, A. Bezzenbe ge , S. Mikucki, J. Juškos, J. Ka łowicz on he
speci ici ies o he e minology; he i s a emp s a classi ica ion o e ms in
he wo ks o S. Mikucki, A. Schleiche , F. Ku šaičius, J. Juškos, V. Po zeziński, M.
Akelaičius; A. Ba anausko and K. Young's classi ica ion) a e he main au ho s. The
hi d chap e deals wi h he p og amma ic p ojec s o he Li huanian ansla ion
o he end o he 19 h cen u y and he beginning o he 20 h cen u y (monog aphic
desc ip ions o he ansla ions: F. Fo una o o, A. Leskieno and K. B ugmanno, R.
Gau hio , K. Ju gelionio, K. he i s ques ionnai e in Li huanian; ch es oma ic
publica ions, including […] A. Ba anausko […]Anykščių šilelis[…]. The ou h chap e is
de o ed o discussing and e alua ing he in e lingual discou se o he Li huanian
language a he end o he 19 h cen u y and he beginning o he 20 h cen u y, and
examines he con inua ion o esea ch on he Li huanian language by young
g amma ians. The monog aph concludes wi h conclusions, lis s o ables and pain ings, li e a u e (317 posi ions) and sou ces, summa ies. The abb e ia ion is men ioned a he end in English. In summa y, i can be said ha he monog aph ce ainly mee s all he o mal equi emen s o a publica ion o his gen e.
The main posi i e, as I unde s and i , ea u es and aspec s o his i s pa o he
ilogy o monog aphs a e he ollowing: as al eady men ioned […] he book is abou
wha he dialec ologis s hough , in o he wo ds, i is a s o y abou ideas; i is no
jus a lis o he wo ks made […] i is a c i ical analysis o hose wo ks, a
highligh ing o he s ages o dialec ology dis inguished by he au ho , a pa adigm, an
analy ical and c i ical e iew o he ac i i ies o indi idual esea che s. I is
impossible no o d aw a en ion o ano he impo an s uc u al and con en
componen o he monog aph […] he au ho 's e o s no o analyze, bu o place in
he ch onological con ex o he his o y o science, he his o ical and cul u al con ex , a emp s o obs uc he Eu opean pa adigm o linguis ics […] young g amma ians.
Danguolė Mikulėnienė. Lie u ių a mė y a: genezė,
aida i pa adigminiai lūžiai. I dalis
Re iews by Re iews by 205
The pe iodiza ion o Li huanian dialec ology, al eady men ioned, is o iginal,
based on he mo i es and a gumen s p oposed by he au ho .
In e es ingly, he e m a ia ionism has ecen ly become popula in
Li huanian linguis ics.
Wi hou a doub , a chi al da a a e e y impo an : many o hem ha e no been
published o men ioned un il now […] hey g ea ly en ich he his o y o
Li huanian dialec ology and en ich he esea ch con ex . The use o a chi al
da a is ano he s eng h o he monog aph. I can also be added ha he
monog aph lacks p ope ly desc ibed illus a i e ma e ial, especially hose
illus a i e sec ions ha a e no easily a ailable in publica ions published so a .
Subjec ma e o he hi d chap e 3.2 subsec ion […]The asse ion o Young
G amma ical Concep s in Li huanian T ansla ion[…] (p. 222[…]239): his is he opic o
[…] ehabili a ion[…] by A. Ba anausko as a linguis and dialec ologis . The mos
cha ac e is ic ea u es o he ex o he monog aph and, o cou se, o i s
con en , in my opinion, a e ch onological eaching and analy ical na u e. In o he
wo ds, he ex has me ged in o a ha monious, logical and analy ical whole, o en
en iched wi h de ec i e elemen s, new ac s om he biog aphies and wo ks o
esea che s ha ha e no been known un il now. I is also impo an ha he
au ho , in exp essing he opinion, which does no necessa ily coincide wi h he mos
es ablished o widesp ead s a emen s, does no assume he ole o a ca ego ical
e alua o o judge. The monog aph lea es a lo o oom o u u e discussion, o
u u e conside a ion, e en o a di e en way o hinking. Pe haps he alue o
each new wo k can be measu ed no only in e ms o he ela ionship be ween he
objec unde conside a ion and he heo e ical and me hodological pa adigms, he
weigh and impo ance o he empi ical ma e ial, bu also in e ms o he ideas,
decons uc ions, in e p e a ions o e ed o discussion. In any case, he e is no
denial o he discussion, i allows us o look a he objec om a di e en angle,
om a di e en pe spec i e and om a di e en poin o iew. Such hings only
en ich he knowledge o he objec i sel . The monog aph o D. Mikulėnienė also
con ains a mo e de ailed discussion o wo hy subjec s. Fo example, I mysel ha e
sugges ed a sligh ly di e en classi ica ion o he s ages o he de elopmen o
Li huanian dialec ology (pa adigms o dialec ology) (see Ka delis 2019: 53[…]54), bu I
ag ee ha he model o D. Mikulėnienė can be discussed and suppo ed wi h
app op ia e a gumen s. I is possible, le us say, o conside he ela ionship
be ween he mode n e ms used in he monog aph and he linguis ic hough o he
pe iod unde conside a ion. Fo example, he a iabili y o he concep , he
ela ionship be ween he pe iod (XIX cen u y) and he pe spec i e o he concep
a e in e es ing, keeping in mind he heo e ical ounda ions o linguis ics a ha
ime. As a as can be unde s ood om Sec ion II […]Pe spec i es o Li huanian language a ia ion esea ch in he 19 h cen u y[…], i is abou , in mode n e ms, dia opic a ia ion, which a ha ime could ha dly ha e had any clea e al e na i es. Thus, he ques ion a ises as o how he au ho s men ioned in Chap e II ha e unde s ood he si ua ion: a iance o in en o y and classi ica ion o cha ac e is ics?
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Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXXII 206 and i s annexes
Howe e , in iew o he in en ion o D. Mikulėnienė o p epa e a ilogy o
monog aphs men ioned a he beginning o his e iew, i migh be p ema u e and
no en i ely a ional o examine and discuss he i s pa o he u u e ilogy in
de ail now. As he s ill popula saying goes, he chickens coun he au umn, so a
de ailed discussion should wai o he o he wo pa s o he ilogy and a
common, comp ehensi e analysis o he Li huanian ansla ion in he ideo. Then
he whole con ex o he s udy would be seen, he ideas and conclusions would be
c ys allized and in e connec ed. So i 's going o be a lo mo e com o able and
meaning ul o discuss he big pic u e. I is possible o summa ize b ie ly: such a
his o y o Li huanian dialec ology, as D. Mikulėnienė began o w i e, was needed
long ago. I is and will be impo an no only o dialec ologis s, bu in gene al o
he his o y o Li huanian linguis ics, as well as o he o ma ion o esea ch
pe spec i es and he de elopmen o discussions. All ha emains is o wish he au ho he bes o luck and o wai o he o he pa s o he monog aph ilogy.
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Deli e ed on 24 Ap il 2020
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