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Resea ch a eas include geolinguis ics, dialec ology, and
sociolinguis ics.
9-ASIS TARPTAUTINIS I is no possible o de e mine he o igin o he p oduc .
The dialec ics
and GEOLINGVISTIKOS
KONGRESAS
2018 m. liepos 23–27 d. Vilniuje yko 9-asis Ta p au inis di-
Cong ess o alec ology and geolinguis ics. The e en was a ended by
scien is s and gues s om he ield o dialec ology and geolinguis ics om 28
coun ies o he wo ld. The Cong ess was o ganized by he Li huanian
Language Ins i u e, i s pa ne s a e Vilnius Uni e si y, Šiauliai Uni e si y and
Li huanian Academy o Sciences.
The ini ia o o he cong ess is he In e na ional Associa ion o Dialec ology and
Geolinguis ics. The In e na ional Socie y o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics (SIDG) is
he wo ld's See also h p: www.geo-linguis ics.o g o index.h ml. The i s cong ess
was held in Budapes , Hunga y, in 1993. The cong ess was held in Ams e dam
(Ne he lands) in 1997, in Ljubljana (Poland) in 2000, in Riga (La ia) in 2003, in B ago
(Po ugal) in 2006, in Ma ibo (Slo enia) in 2009, in Vienna (Aus ia) in 2012 and in
Famagus a (Tu kish Republic o No he n Cyp us) in 2015. The pu pose o he
cong ess, which is held e e y h ee yea s in he coun y pa icipa ing in he
ac i i ies o he In e na ional Associa ion o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics, is he
in e na ional coope a ion o ins i u ions and scien is s de eloping he di ec ion o
dialec ology and geolinguis ics, he sha ing o heo e ical, me hodological
app oaches, scien i ic discussions. Du ing he i e days o he cong ess, epo s
we e hea d in plena y session (July 23) and in en sec ions (July 24, 25, 27), wi h a
closing session o summa y discussions (July 27). The i s day o he con e ence
was de o ed o he cul u al p og am "Knowledge," which is also pa o he
cong esses o ganized by he In e na ional Associa ion o Dialec ology and
Geolinguis ics.
Du ing he opening o he cong ess, he Li huanian Language Ins i u e
welcomed he pa icipan s and gues s, he Di ec o o he Li huanian
Language Ins i u e, D . Albina Aukso iū ė, he Membe o he Commi ee on Fo eign A ai s o he Seimas o he Republic o Li huania, Aud onius Ažubalis,
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The Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXIX is he 256 h
The i s depu y chancello o he Republic, Da id Ma ulian, and he edi o o he
jou nal o he In e na ional Associa ion o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics, As id
an Nahl, a e also he deans o he Facul y o Philology a Vilnius Uni e si y.
Meilu ė Ramonienė, Vice-P esiden o he Li huanian Academy o Sciences and
Academician Zenonas Dabke ičius. The le e o cong a ula ions o he P esiden
o he In e na ional Associa ion o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics, Ma ios-Pila
Pe ea, was ead and lis ened o by he Vice-Rec o o Science and A s o he
Uni e si y o Šiauliai, P o . d . The ideo o Ing id Shauliene's g ee ing.
In he plena y session, epo s we e ead by in i ed speake s. This is P o . D .
F ans Hinskens om he Me ens Ins i u e and he F ee Uni e si y o
Ams e dam (Ne he lands) in a epo "Dialec ology and he s udy o language
a iabili y. Quo adis? (Dialec ology and he s udy o language a ia ion) discussed
some aspec s o he de elopmen o dialec ology. He emphasized ha
dialec ology is no longe a science, ha ing s ic ly sepa a ed i sel om mode n
linguis ics. The social aspec , he inclusion o quan i a i e me hods, he cogni i e
app oach […] his is one o he complemen a y aspec s o dialec ology. Changes in
he objec s and me hods o s udy may a ec he changes in he landscape o
adi ional dialec s, he eme gence o new ansla ions o he con inui y o
dialec s. The speake conside ed how he a iabili y o he language, he
eme gence o new ypes o i , could be s udied, and wha challenges awai u u e esea ch on he e minology.
D . Ch is Mon gome y o he Uni e si y o She ield in he UK, in his pape
"Pe cep ion: Why We Need o Unde s and I , and he Di icul ies in Doing So,"
add essed pe cep ual dialec ics. The lec u e , highligh ing he place o pe cep ion
esea ch in he his o y o language a ia ion esea ch, emphasized ha
pe cep ion pe cep ion is impo an o language models, as well as o
unde s anding dialec changes. Holis ic unde s anding o language a ia ion and
damage, in he au ho 's opinion, equi es aking in o accoun he ole o pe cep ion
and looking o ways o be e in eg a e bo h language-speci ic and pe cep ual
esea ch.
Gues speake om he Uni e si y o Luxembou g, D . Ch is oph Pu schke, in
he epo "Dialec ology is becoming digi al. The inclusion o egional a ia ion in
anonymous social media communica ion (Dialec ology goes digi al, Tapping
egional a ia ion in anonymous social media communica ion) was p esen ed as a
s udy aimed a discussing compu e sociolinguis ics and con ibu ing o his
new ield. Acco ding o he epo e , mos esea ch in a ian linguis ics is
based on a adi ional app oach, da a a e analyzed using an al eady ecognized,
es ablished me hodology, and compu e linguis ics almos does no ake in o
accoun he social condi ionali y o language a iance. Thus, bo h sociolinguis ic
and compu e linguis ic app oaches could be included in he s udy o language
a ia ion.
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Li huanian dialec ologis s we e ep esen ed by p o . d . Danguolė Mikulėnienė was
in oduced o he mul imodal (many-dimensional) sociogeolinguis ic model c ea ed by
he Li huanian Language Ins i u e, which has been used in ecen yea s in Li huania in
s udies o egional language a iabili y. The au ho s o he p esen a ion
"Mul i-dimensional sociogeolinguis ic model o egional language a ia ion s udies:
Li huanian case a he beginning o he 21s cen u y" dis inguished h ee mos
impo an le els o he s udy: 1) selec ion analysis o adi ional language da a; 2)
s udies o he linguis ic en i onmen and socio-cul u al ne wo ks; (3) esea ch on
consume language p o isions and public opinion. The me hods o dialec ome y used
he e, quan i a i e analysis, allow o a oid he possible subjec i i y and dialec ophilic
app oach o he esea che .
Ano he announce o he in i a ion P o . d . Juano-And éso Villenos-Ponsodos om
he Uni e si y o Malaga in Spain epo s on he dilemma o he eliabili y o
geolinguis ic and dialec ological da a in sociolinguis ic esea ch. The dilemma o he
eliabili y o geolinguis ic and dialec ological da a o sociolinguis ic esea ch. The
case o he Andalusian deme ge o θ/ was ead by D . Ju gi a Ja osla ienė. The
in e connec ed geolinguis ic, dialec ological and sociolinguis ic da a is based on he
linguis ic and cul u al si ua ion o he speake s o he Andalusian egion. The
esea che emphasized ha sociolinguis ic da a a e based on he sociological
assump ion o selec ion and a ia ion, which is incompa ible wi h he basic
geolinguis ic and dialec ological da a. The au ho conside ed he ex en o which
geolinguis ic and dialec ological da a can be us ed in o de o e ospec i ely
ollow he his o y o a ia ion and ce ain linguis ic changes. A e he plena y
session, he cong ess con inued i s wo k in en sec ions. One o hem is "Pe cep ual
dialec ology: quan i a i e and quali a i e pe spec i es". In he sec ion, M. Schmalz
(Sweden) p esen ed a new me hodological app oach, G. Múcsko á (Slo akia) spoke
abou olk dialec ology as a b anch ha complemen s pe cep i e dialec ology, and D.
Aliukai ė (Li huania) analyzed objec i e and subjec i e dialec ics in Li huania.
In he sec ion "Ta pkalbinė dialec ology: plu ali y and plu ali y o cul u es" L. Balode
(La ia), T. Jakop (Slo enia), M. Ne aci (Romania), N. Sa amandu (Romania), I. Me smägi
(Es onia), V. Oja (Es onia), Ch. Schneide (Swi ze land) ead epo s on he in luence
o languages, he con e gence o dialec s. R. K ašy ė (Li huania) p esen ed he
Li huanian language si ua ion and socio-cul u al ne wo ks in La ia, H. Suzuki
(No way) p esen ed he geolinguis ic aspec s o Tibe an languages, and Y. Asahi
(Japan) […] he s udies o Japanese diaspo a language a ian s. E. Zuloaga (Spain)
spoke abou he isks o he geog aphical c i e ion in in e p e ing he pas ( em asi)
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Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXIX in he case o he Basques 258). M. Bouzoui a
(Belgium) and V. Casano a (Belgium) conside ed he possessi e, V. La a Be mejo
(Swi ze land) […] he commu a i e. In he sec ion "Te minal sou ces: ex s,
dic iona ies, a lases, co pus" he his o y and cu en si ua ion o Li huanian,
Es onian, Japanese, Du ch e minology, a lases a e del ed in o. I was di ided in o
J. Š amba y ė-Valužienė (Li huania), M. L. Kal ik (Es onia), M. Kendla (Es onia), K.
Tomosada (Japan), H. Iwaki (Japan), M. Ma suda (Japan), N. Siokawa (Japan), C. I.
Floa ea (Romania), and J. Co be a Pou (Spain). The possibili ies and p oblems o
digi isa ion o wo ds, a lases and challenges o digi al ca og aphy we e
discussed by J. Van Keymeulen (Belgium), V. De Tie (Belgium), D. B ozo ić (C oa ia)
and M. P. Pe ea (Spain).
"Dialec s in space and ime" is ano he sec ion whe e Du ch, Aus ian, Spanish,
I alian, Japanese, Chinese, Basque, Slo ak, La ian, Li huanian languages a e
spoken and discussed. The si ua ion in he 21s cen u y is discussed om a
his o ical poin o iew as well as om a ious pe spec i es. A en ion is d awn
o he changes in speech, which a e in luenced by ime and language con ac s,
language-speaking sel -image. The me hod o calcula ing he a e age o wo ds in
ansla ion ex s has been cla i ied. The epo s in his sec ion included A. Daina
(La ia), L. Ma kus-Na ila (La ia), W. Hee inga (Ne he lands), F. Hinskensas
(Ne he lands), Ch. Sch ödl (Hunga y), H. Ueda (Japan), Y. Eba a (Japan), U. Goi iena
Lo ea (Spain), G. Kačiuškienė (Li huania), M. Ce u i (I aly), M. Endo (Japan), J.
Pab ėža (Li huania), M. Padilla-Moyano (F ance) we e also included in he lis .
The cong ess also sha es insigh s in he sec ion Te minal c ea i i y and w i ing in
he 21s cen u y: needs, possibili ies, necessi ies. K. Geye is (Denma k) discussed
he dic iona ies o spoken wo ds as a di ec sou ce o esea ch in he dialec ology
o he people, and A. Mlekodaj (Lenkija) […] esea ch in spoken li e a u e as a
dialec ology o wo ds, supplemen ing he ex . J. Zaba skai ė (Li huania)
p esen ed he concep o a language ha can be an elemen o c ea i i y. The
sec ion Theo e ical dialec ology: he (de)cons uc ion and (de)concep ualiza ion o
he language deal wi h a ious heo e ical aspec s o he language. G.
Au ekoe xea and A. Ensunza om Spain spoke abou he p oblema ic na u e o
he concep o dialec , and E. Vallsas (Spain) analyzed he e ec o bo de s based
on examples o Ca alan dialec s. V. Meiliūnai ė (Li huania) examined when and why
he subjec s chose o use he dis inc i e ea u es o he language, ins ead o
succumbing o he p e ailing endency o abandon hese ea u es. The epo by K.
Kozhano o (Russia) and B. Wieme (Vokie ija) was aimed a he s udy o
mo phosyn ax a ian s in Li huanian language.
In he sec ion […]Linguis ic (scien i ic labo a o y) ansla ion and
sel -in e p e a ion o dialec s[…], D. Pakalniškienė (Li huania) and J.
Lubienė (Li huania) analyzed he models and mo i a ions o soma onisms, F. Cugno (I aly), F. Cusan (I aly) […] lexicaliza ion
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The su ey esul s a e p esen ed in a me a-analysis. J. Ško ic (Slo enia) spoke abou
he mic o oponyms o e minology, J. N. Fodo (Hunga y) del ed in o he onomas ics
o e minology, and G. Blažienė (Li huania) in oduced he es wo ds o he P ussian
e minology. Japanese scien is s Sh. Ogawa, F. Inoue, Y. Hanzawa discussed he
his o ical and geog aphical a ia ion in dic iona ies and he changes in dic iona y
ocabula y. A. S a ecka (La ia) sha ed insigh s in o su names as a sou ce o
dialec ology and language con ac esea ch, M. Kole nik (Slo enia) and N. Šabec
(Slo enia) analyzed he con ac s be ween Slo enian and English, language
main enance in immig an communi ies. The epo s o S. Jē āne (La ia) and M.
Hopej (Lenkija) we e de o ed o linguis ic landscape s udies. The epo s e ealing
he ha m o di e en me hodologies and hei applica ion can be ead in he sec ion
"Collec i e and In e p e i e Me hodology in Dialec ology". I was alked abou
dialec ome y and o he quan i a i e dialec ology esea ch me hods, he
peculia i ies o map making. Phone ics and phonology, mo phology, con ac s o he
dialec and he common language a e analyzed, he possibili ies and p oblems o
ansc ip ion a e discussed. The epo s we e ead by D. Ma kus (La ia), Y.
Yamazaki (Sweden), L. Thöny (Sweden), G. Tillinge (Sweden), Sh. K. Kayoko (Japan), Y.
Nakajima (Japan), S. Ma ayoshi (Japan), K. Shinsuke (Japan), S. Yukako (Japan), R. K.
Faqui e (Bangladesh), A. Leskauskai ė (Li huania), Ch. Fukushima (Japan), T. Onishi
(Japan), Y. Kumagai (Japan), M. Bouzoui a (Belgium), M. Cas illo (Swi ze land), E. Pa o
(Canada), L. Ge žo ai ė (Li huania), H. Huangas (China), Y. Zhu (China), H. Ramischius
(Vokie ija), T. Legesse Feleke (I aly), V. Ka d (Li huania) and Chelis 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.
A he closing session, he opic was p oposed by scien is s M. Sawaki, Ch.
Fukushima, F. Inoue, T. Onishi (Japan) and W. Hee inga, F. Hinskensas (Ne he lands)
in oduced he audience o he schools o Japanese and Du ch-Flemish
dialec ology and hei in e ela ionships. A i e-day scien i ic e en was summed
up du ing he las session o he In e na ional Cong ess o Dialec ology and
Geolinguis ics. I was pleased wi h he wide ange o opics and p oblems o he
epo s, he la ge numbe o pa icipan s. In o al, mo e han 80 scien i ic
pape s we e ead ( hei heses can be ound on he e en 's websi e h p:
www.sidg2018.l ). The gues s hanked o he excellen o ganiza ion o he
cong ess. Excellen e iews and esponses a e also hea d abou he cong ess's
educa ional cul u al p og am: a ip o Rumšiškes, T akus, Ke na ę, excu sions
o he Palace o he G and Duchy o Li huania, Vilnius Uni e si y. The 9 h
In e na ional Cong ess o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics was an oppo uni y o
schola s om a ound he wo ld o sha e insigh s and new app oaches, apply
me hodologies, p esen esea ch, d aw a en ion o eme ging issues and de elop new app oaches.

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260 Ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXXIX
endencijas. Dalinimasis moksline pa i imi, p oga padisku uo i, užmegz i dia-
Bo h ac i e pa icipa ion in sec ions and in non-academic en i onmen s is
expec ed o s imula e new ideas and he beginning and con inua ion o join wo k.
The 10 h In e na ional Cong ess o Dialec ology and Geolinguis ics will be held in
Bucha es , Romania.
Deli e ed on 5 No embe 2018
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Lie u ių kalbos ins i u as
This is a lis o he municipali ies o
Li huania by popula ion wi hin he municipali y o Vilnius, excluding he municipali ies in which he e a e no municipali ies.