Pranas Skardžius ir didysis „Lietuvių kalbos žodynas“

101s aipsniai / a icles aLdonas PuPkis Ins i u e o Li huanian Language Resea ch a eas: phone ics o Li huanian language, heo y and p ac ice o language cul u e, dialec ology, his o y o Li huanian language. P anas ska džius i didysis Li huanian language wo ds1 P anas Ska dis and he g and Dic iona y o he Li huanian Language Anno a ion This a icle examines he ela ionship be ween he amous Li huanian dic iona y P ano Ska džis and he la ge Li huanian language dic iona y and i s edi o Juozu Balčikoniu, which began o be p epa ed in he la e 1930s. he ci cums ances su ounding he appoin men o a dic iona y edi o a e in e p e ed in a new way, he la e wishes and e o s o he sc ibe o imp o e he dic iona y a e shown, he demands o accep his p o ec ed w i ing and he willingness o ake o e he dic iona y edi o 's place unde a o able condi ions. I is s a ed in he a icle ha he discussion o amous speake s g adually u ned in o an ambi ious wa o e mino spelling issues. I is concluded ha he Teaching Suppo Commission, se up in 1942 o imp o e he p epa a ion o he dic iona y, al hough i accep ed good p oposals, app o ed he main p o isions o he balcony on he ype o dic iona y and o he p inciples o dic iona y p epa a ion. The s ubbo nness o he balchicon and he his o ical ci cums ances led o he ac ha he i s and second olumes o he dic iona y we e edi ed acco ding o he p inciples o he balchicon and published in he w i ing used a ha ime. The a icle add esses he ela ions o he well-known Li huanian linguis P anas Ska džius wi h he G and Dic iona y o he Li huanian Language, he compila ion o which began a he end o 1930, and i s edi o Juozas Balčikas. This a icle p o ides a new in e p e a ion o he ci cums ances o he appoin men o he dic iona y edi o and shows he la e wishes and a emp s. he main wo ds: his o y o Li huanian linguis ics, lexicog aphy, dic iona y o he Li huanian language, dic iona y, w i ing. keyWo ds: his o y o Li huanian linguis ics, lexicog aphy, Dic iona y o he Li huanian Language, ca d index o he dic iona y, spelling Linguis ica Li uaniana Ac LXVII o imp o e he dic iona y, his eques s o app o e he spelling aLdonas PuPkis p omo ed by him and o ake o e he o ice o he dic iona y edi o when he ci cums ances a e igh . he a icle asse s ha he discussions o he amous linguis s g adually e ol ed in o he wa o ambi ions on mino spelling issues. I is concluded ha al hough he scien i ic auxilia y commission se up in 1942 o he imp o emen o he compila ion o he dic iona y exclusi ely adop ed some good p oposals, i ne e heless app o ed he p incipal balchikon posi ions on he ype o he dic iona y and o he undamen al p inciples o he compila ion o he dic iona y. balčikonis’ pe sis ence and his o ical ci cums ances de e mined ha olume i and olume ii o he dic iona y we e edi ed unde he p inciples es ablished by balčikonis and published in he spelling used a ha ime. I is app op ia e o speak and w i e abou he ela ionship be ween he amous 20 h-cen u y Li huanian linguis P o . P ano Ska džis and he g ea Li huanian-language dic iona y because no wo k has ye been published on his issue, and he p oblem has indeed been complex and complica ed. The ollowing is a lis o a icles published in he Jou nal o he Ame ican Academy o Pedia ics (AAP) by D . John W. Schwa z, au ho o he book, "Science and Medicine in he Age o Cance : A New App oach o Disease Con ol and P e en ion" (Science and Medicine: A New App oach o Disease Con ol and P e en ion), published in he Jou nal o he Ame ican Academy o Pedia ics (AAP) by D . John W. Schwa z and D . John W. Schwa z. Fo he i s ime, his a icle, based on he consis en analysis o he a o emen ioned discussions, he s a emen s o o he au ho s published in he li e a u e, he ecollec ions o con empo a ies and especially he newly ound a chi al documen s, ies o syn hesize he a ailable ma e ial and a new in e p e a ion o he his o y o he p epa a ion o he Li huanian language o ha pe iod. As you know, a e he dea h o Kazimie Bougas, he p epa a ion o he Li huanian dic iona y was comple ely s opped o se e al yea s. I doesn' mean ha he legacy o he bubble ocabula y wasn' hough o a all. In 1925, he las assis an o he d um, he s uden sec e a y o he dic iona y, An anas Salys, ca ied ou an accoun ing o he d um a chi e and published he esul s in he collec ion o scien i ic wo ks People and he Wo d (disc 1985: 136 […] 154). The Facul y o Humani ies o he Uni e si y o Li huania in e ened due o c i icism in he p ess ha he dic iona y a ai s we e no mo ing o wa d. On Sep embe 14, 1926, he Facul y Council held a mee ing o discuss he Li huanian language ocabula y. Acco ding o he dean o he acul y, Vinco K ė ės-Micke ičius, he Minis y o Educa ion o de ed o ake ca e o he ocabula y ma e s so ha he a o emen ioned claims we e no based on se ious ac s, and i was shown ha Ul ydas was a ha ime a s uden o he Jesui gymnasium, began o s udy a he uni e si y only in 1930, and he ha dly knew hese hings di ec ly om hose eika2kasas (d. g adua ed om Vilnius II Gymnasium, s udied philology a he Uni e si y o S . Pe e sbu g. A e he wa he wo ked in he e minology commission, in 1926 he g adua ed om he Uni e si y o Li huania (classical languages and Li huanian s udies). wo ked as a eache o ancien languages in a ious schools, om 1926 o 1932 a he uni e si y augh classical languages and he Li huanian language (no o specialis s). He ansla ed P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas On he p oposal o he dean, he council o med a ce ain commi ee: he chai man was Jonas Jablonskis, he membe s we e Balčikonis, An anas Sme ona, Al edas Senas (senn) and K ė ė-Micke ičius. The chai man was o de ed o pay a sala y o 800 li as pe mon h (cVa . 4, ap. 817, lp. 7). La e , money was also used o buy u ni u e. The commission o de ed o inspec he balcony. On Oc obe 2, 1926, he p esen ed his epo o he commission. A he end o i i says ha he d awe s in which he dic iona y [i.e. he dic iona y ile] is loca ed [A.P.], a e e y small, made o une en boa ds, wi hou good sewing, all o e he place. he Commission conside s ha a dic iona y should be p o ided while i is unde supe ision. A man like ha , meanwhile, is being wa ched by M . Kepala. jam a si as edak o ius, eip padė i, kad jis nedulkė ų, nep ažū ų i nesuges ų“ (bal- čikonis 1978: 47). P ie p anešimo y a p ie ašas, kad spalio 13 d. komisija nusp en- dusi p adė i da bą. „ am da bui samdomas žmogus, ku is u ė ų di b i komisijos he dean is esponsible o consul ing him and he Minis y o Educa ion on wo king condi ions (also). I didn' ge a chance o ind ou . Howe e , he ac ha no candida e a bu o pasamdy as di b i kazys kepalas, kiek kokio da bo minė a komisija was nomina ed o he posi ion o edi o o he dic iona y a ha ime, and he e o e no candida e o he posi ion o edi o o he dic iona y was on he commi ee's agenda, emains o g ea impo ance om he balchic epo . Ne e heless, a e ou yea s, Balchikonis was appoin ed edi o o he dic iona y. Un il now, i was w i en in he li e a u e ha Balčikonis was he only candida e o be appoin ed edi o o he dic iona y. Fo example, Vy au as Vi kauskas cau iously claimed: "The e was p obably no o he pe son who could compile a g ea dic iona y o he Li huanian language" (Vi kauskas 1986: 186). Ano he sou ce (Pupkis 2010: 150) indica es ha in he 1980s, when he Ins i u e o Li huanian Language and Li e a u e was conside ing he publica ion o he Rink inių aš ų balčikonio, i was said by kazio ul ydo ha he Li huanian dic iona y had no been eplaced by any compe ing edi o s, and o he local linguis s knew abou i . In ac , as he new a chi al documen s show, hese s a emen s should be subs an ially e ised. he ch es oma ics o he wo ks o La in au ho s in o Li huanian and published a icles on e minology. A he end o Wo ld Wa II, she mo ed o he Wes . 3 This s a emen is con i med by la e hough s o Kacio Ul ydo: […] and i is no known how much mo e his [kazimie 's bow] wo k would ha e emained unchanged i i we e no o he e o s o J. Balčikon o con inue i , in gene al, i he e had no been a man like J. Balčikon a ha ime. [...] he a gued ha he Li huanian na ion needs a dic iona y o li e, ha i is necessa y o con inue he wo k begun by K. Bugas" (ul ydas 1987: 5). 104 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII he lips o he people pa icipa ing in he aLdonas PuPkis mee ing. Vi kauskos guess was also no based on any speci ic ac s. The ac ha he e we e also clea doub s in he p ess a he ime abou he appoin men o he edi o o he dic iona y o he balchikon will also shine a ligh on bo h in o man s […] ul ydo and Vi kausko […]. In his espec , i is qui e in o ma i e s aipsnis (Valys 1930), įdė as į 1930 m. Lie u os žinių dien aš į lapk ičio 27 d., ai y a p ieš pa o icialiai g uodžio 1 d. paski ian žodyno edak o iumi balčikonį. ha on he Valio signed name i is w i en, ha he wo k o he dic iona y is es ed p. doc. b. (ob iously, i has balchikonis in mind). The wo k o he enewed dic iona y is one o be ejoiced in, bu i does no seem o inco po a e all he bes o ces o ou speake s. M . B. is a good s ylis , bu , in he au ho 's opinion, i 's no enough o keep he dic iona y busy. We don' ha e people like ha o his o ical and linguis ic compa a i e wo k, so we should in ol e he young o ces o linguis s, uni e si y p o esso s. The su ende o he wo d p. b. žiniai is he sup eme ecogni ion o bo h legal and mo al igh s o one b. by ha ma k [...] as i igno ing he b oade (his o ical) linguis ic app oach o he ac s o ou language, o icially app o ing he na owe dogma ic linguis ic posi ion o ce ain olde gene a ions (schools) o ou speake s4. We don' need dic iona y wo ke s, bu hei quali ica ions o a wide ange o scien i ic wo k. In doing his kind o wo k, i seems o me ha a leas we should ha e some side e ec s, no scien i ic ones. The au ho o his a icle has no been iden i ied. The e is no doub ha he was close o he Facul y o Humani ies o he Uni e si y, one o he young speake s in he hall and he people a ound he sculp u e, pe haps e en he sculp u e i sel . As is known, Ska dys e u ned o Kaunas om s udying ab oad in Ge many a he end o 1928 and began o ead a ious language cou ses a he Uni e si y o Li huania om he sp ing semes e o 1929. The e is no doub ha he i s discussed his uni e si y wo kload wi h he dean o he acul y, K ä e-Micke ičius, who he e o e spoke o he Minis y o Educa ion. And appa en ly, his and ha we e ag eed upon. This is indi ec ly con i med by a le e om he hen uni e si y lec u e Juozas Tumo-Vaižgan as o Pe u Klimui, w i en on 29 Janua y 1929 in his exce p en i led "He e o be quo ed". "Re o ming L. Uni e si y", w i es Tom, "I'm lea ing he all semes e no longe on he eaching s a . In he la e 1960s, J. M. Balchiconi was in his 46 h yea , so he was a mas e o c ea i e and scien i ic wo k. how much "dogma ic a i ude" he e was, is a ques ion o discussion, especially wi h he wo k o lexicog aphy in mind. Acco ding o he es imony o Alexande he G ea , he e was a ce ain skep icism in he socie y abou he appoin men o Balchikon as an edi o : a new edi o , almos unknown in he li e a u e o he o ic, will ecommend o he public he ansla ion o one s o y, will s a edi ing he scien i ic dic iona y o he Li huanian language. So le 's ake a look a ... When aking o e he dic iona y ile om he uni e si y o he G eek Napali, Vince K i e said: "Now we will know who will con inue o do he dic iona y edi ing wo k ha no one has da ed o do since hen" (ibid, 193). P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 105 a icles by a icle The P esiden has al eady spoken o he P ime Minis e and has al eady decided o elease me o e i emen in my uni o m. I wan o be en us ed wi h he collec ion o place names ( he i s one I made back in 1903, see […]di a-žinynas[…], 5000 names); ska džiui Lie . žodyną edaguo i e c. “ (Vaižgan as 1998: 215). Ano he e y impo an documen is he "Memo andum on he dic iona y o he Li huanian language" (nMMb s VkM . 9[…]229) signed on 10 Ap il 1929 and add essed o he Minis e o Educa ion. The e a e h ee documen s in his case in he Na ional Handw i ing Depa men o he Ma in Maž ydo Lib a y: a manusc ip o he sc oll and wo examples o a ypew i e . The memo andum s a es ha he con inua ion o he Li huanian language dic iona y as a o m is no easible o wo easons: (1) place names and pe sonal names need o be sepa a ed, checked, supplemen ed and published in a sepa a e dic iona y, (2) 60[…]70% o all ma e ial s ill needs o be checked, […]because i is no w i en by many qui e ai h ully and co ec ly[…] (ibid, 4). I will be necessa y o o ganize a wide collec ion o new ma e ial ( o go o o eign a chi es, o example, o he oyal a chi es o he B e kūna, Wol enbü el, Chylinski Bible, e c., as well as o Vilnius, Moscow, o he Li huanian a chi es, o he p o ince, e c.). In o de o speed up he wo k, mo e han one pe son is needed (and he e a e se e al commi ees o people wo king on such wo k ab oad). he e o e, a leas a h ee-pe son commission is equi ed o app o e ou dic iona y as well. hose membe s o he commi ee mus be people wi h he highes scien i ic quali ica ions and he e o e hei emune a ion mus co espond o he wo k […] (simila ly). Technical wo k (w i ing, ca aloguing, managing and checking new wo ds, ansc ibing, ansc ibing, e c.) ini ially equi ed only wo people assigned o i : a Li huanian sec e a y who had comple ed highe educa ion and a leas a sec e a y who had comple ed high school. The p o incial commission should ha e people o whom i is possible o apply o check he desi ed ac s, o look o wo ds in e e yday language, e c. (1 om Klaipeda, 2 om he lowlands, 1 om he dusk, 1 om he wes e n highlands, 2 om he eas e n highlands, 1 om he Vilnius egion) and p o ide o hem o pay, wi hou special emune a ion, a leas 50 li as pe mon h. Fu he mo e, he memo andum s a es ha i will no be possible o s a all he wo k a he same ime in he i s place. Fi s he need o ake o eign a chi es, hen he p o inces. The ideal amoun o money o he nex yea would be 10,000 li as, wi h o he expenses (w i ing machine, e c.) 12,000. This es ima e would be o 1930, and hal o he amoun is desi able o his yea . […]This yea i would be possible o s a he p epa a ion o a dic iona y o he Li huanian w i en language, which is u gen ly needed by ou socie y, especially schools, and also o s a he p epa a ion o he g ea dic iona y i sel , i no pe mission, a leas […] (ibid., 6). In he S a e Budge Ac , i was p o ided o a ce ain amoun o money o be alloca ed o he dic iona y. In he 1930s, when he budge was e ised, he amoun was d as ically educed. 106 aLdonas PuPkis ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII The ac ha hese ideas we e no emp y wo ds is also indica ed by wo le e s w i en in Feb ua y 1930 o he dean o he Facul y o Humani ies, K i a-Micke ić. A he ime, Ska dis was in Leipzig, aking ca e o his disse a ion. In addi ion o he dic iona y, […]a has al eady been e ised by Minis e s […] (nMMb s ki ų dalykų, asa io 10 d. laiške ska džius ei aujasi k ė ės, ką jis pa y ęs iš p e- VkM[…]69 . 69). The hough s o he le e o Feb ua y 22 a e e en mo e eloquen : "Fo he wo d I hink i is necessa y o accep he sec e a ia . ini ially, un il June, ca alogs he en i e ocabula y ma e ial. Su names and pe sonal names a e dis inguished by he di ision and ca aloguing. The e's a lo o people he e who could do he job. I you eally ag ee wi h S . The Minis y, I would w i e o he hall igh away and we would ag ee on a job: he could, as soon as I lea e o Li huania, collec ma e ial om he ca alogue o ocabula y o he dic iona y o he w i en language; In addi ion, he could s a o ganizing and collec ing all he ocabula y ma e ial. J. Ge ulis said ha i he dic iona y is m a no i s a li o a do y b ė je, i is wi h a swee desi e and i will con ibu e o he wo k. Howe e , Ska džius was no appoin ed edi o o he Li huanian dic iona y. Wha led o his, wha we e he mos impo an mo i es, a his ime i is impossible o say exac ly wha , i is only clea ha Ska dijus eally wan ed o become one, and Balchikonis came o ha place only a e being pe suaded by o he s (see no e 8 o his a icle). The in en ions o he sc ibe a e con i med by many ac s: his and all subsequen ela ions wi h he edi o o he dic iona y, he balchikon, and a e many yea s (in 1962), as i wi h eg e , he idea was exp essed ha he wo k o he dic iona y was led by he sme onos appoin ed by he balchikon8 (sc ibe 1997: 581). 7 Juozas Liud ikas Buko a (bo n 1896 in he Ma ijampolė dis ic , in he illage o K osnos, in he p o ince o Izlandz) s udied in Rudamino, Ma ijampolė, g adua ed om he Vo onezh Gymnasium in 1917. A e e u ning o Li huania, he s udied in highe educa ion cou ses and a he Uni e si y o Li huania. In 1922 he wo ked in he edi o ial o ice o he dic iona y. In 1928, he s udied wi h Ju gen Ge wal in Leipzig, and in 1931 he ob ained a deg ee in compa a i e g amma o Indo-Eu opean languages a he Uni e si y o Pa is. He wo ked in he Minis y o Na ional De ense, aking ca e o he mili a y e minology (nMMb s . 130[…]1460, l. 612; Le iii 334). 8 The edi o o he newspape was appoin ed by he Minis e o Educa ion, Kons an in Shakenis, an old acquain ance o his, pe haps since his s udies in S . Pe e sbu g ( hey bo h wo ked in newspape edi ions, bo h wo ked in he Li huanian Socie y o he Vic ims o he Wa , oge he wi h he eache in Vo onezh). The e is no doub ha , encou aged by he P esiden , M An ano Sme onos, in 1930 he decided o allow he dic iona y o a. a. p o . k. This Decision shall en e in o o ce on he day ollowing ha o i s publica ion in he O icial Jou nal o he Eu opean Union. Balchikon and Sme ana had known each o he since he summe o 1909, and la e hei wo pa hs we e connec ed in he edi o ial o ice o he Vilnius newspape and on kad iskas bu o de inama su šalies p eziden u (plg. liudijimą spaudoje: „[m]ūsų y iausybė, espubli- o he occasions. In 1934, on he occasion o he 60 h anni e sa y o he bi h o Balchikon Smi no , a commemo a i e plaque was issued. Ano he pe son who may ha e had a decisi e in luence on he appoin men o he balchikon was P ime Minis e Juozas Tubelis (1882-1939). hey we e also well known since he days o Vo onezh; In he summe o 1924, he couple mo ed om he illage o Pane ėžys o Kaunas, whe e hey empo a ily li ed in an apa men . The edi o -in-chie o he dic iona y, B onė Vosyly ė, w o e ha „minis as juozas ūbelis p ikalbėjęs o da bo [žodyno edaga imo. – A. P.] im is docen ą juozą bal- čikonį. balčikonis pa s ą y a man sakęs“ (dėk žodį p ie žodžio 2006: 195). P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 107 a icles Thus, i can be assumed ha he appoin men o he dic iona y edi o s could c oss he in e es s o p ima ily wo ins i u ions - he Facul y o Humani ies o Vy au as Magnus Uni e si y and he Minis y o Educa ion. be ween hem s ood he igu es o he wo p e ende s […] ska džija and balčikonio […]. The ac ha he dean o he acul y K i a-Mike ičius and he p esiden o he S a e Sme ana we e no iends a ha ime and hei ela ionship a e he coup d'é a o Decembe 17, 1926 was no signi ican . I should no be o go en ha no so long ago he e was a so-called discussion be ween linguis s and w i e s, in which one o he mos impo an opponen s was jus he c ane and he balcony. Thus, he ska dus suppo ed by he blood could become a pledge o in e es s o ambi ions in he ela ionship be ween wo in luen ial ins i u ions. he wo k o he dic iona y edi o ial A e aking o e he managemen o he dic iona y om his and K i ika Balchikoni, Ska dis was no comple ely isola ed om his impo an wo k o lexicog aphy. The e's no doub ha he eally ca ed abou he ocabula y. In he cou se o he deba e on spelling e o m, he 1934 s a emen o he sc ibe ha " he g ea dic iona y o he Li huanian language, which is now being p epa ed o p in ing, mus be allowed o be edi ed, no o be eplaced by a sligh ly di e en w i ing" (sc ibe 1999: 640) was aken in o accoun . e en ea lie , he scales and he islands ha e con ibu ed o he es ablishmen o he p inciples o ocabula y p epa a ion. As is known om he ecollec ions o he con empo a ies and o he sou ces, he edi o cons an ly consul ed wi h Li huanian and o eign linguis s on he na u e, composi ion and o he issues o he dic iona y and made decisions only a e ho oughly examining and conside ing e e y hing. Fo example, Balchikon e used wi hou ese a ion he p oposal o he Ge man linguis E ns F enkel ( aenkel) o add an e ymological pa o he dic iona y a icles (Lki Lkž . 57, l. 41). He spoke ex ensi ely wi h P o esso Ju giu Ge uli (Ge ullis) o he Uni e si y o Leipzig ( om 1934), and isi ed him in he u ė a ne ienas pokalbis su jaunaisiais Vy au o didžiojo uni e si e o moksli- ea ly sp ing o 1935 o "discuss, discuss, sign" (ibid., 26). I'm going o ake a nap and I'm going o ake a showe . Acco ding o he es imony o he same sc ibe, on Sundays a he o ice whe e he dic iona y was edi ed, hey and he edi o conside ed he dic iona y's con en s (sc ibe 1997: 601). In ano he place, Ska dis w i es ha he wo k o he edi o -in-chie had o be s a ed almos om he beginning: "Fi s o all, he himsel had o wo k, ind a way o edi he dic iona y. " I and M . Sali had o discuss i wi h him o a long ime. " (ibid., 544). Alexande he G ea ecalled ha he wo d "se ing" - "delaying" - may ha e been discussed wi h o he speake s, especially wi h he ca cass and he saddle. Such a ea y ne e la e han hei 108 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII con ibu ed signi ican ly o he o ma ion o he dic iona y aLdonas PuPkis empla e, al hough i was o en no possible o ag ee wi h hem […] hey inc easingly wan ed nebu o ginčijama“ (dėk žodį p ie žodžio 2006: 210). napalys g igas, ilgame is žodyno edakcijos sek e o ius, a siminimuose ašo, kad ska džius i salys „i gi schola ship, which, as p ac ice showed, he balchicon and he sca dus wi h he saliu opinion ac ually di e ed on mo e han one issue. On May 8, 1935, Balchiko w o e a le e o he Depa men o he bu o sunkiai pasiekiamas“ (dėk žodį p ie žodžio 2006: 194). Minis y o Educa ion III, which was di ec ly subo dina e o he dic iona y edi o ial o ice, s a ing ha in he opinion o he dic iona y edi o ial o ice and P o . Ge uly, hose used in he w i ings o hese days should be included in he dic iona y, and sepa a e dic iona ies should be published o o he s. In he opinion o Salio and Ska dis, all cul u al wo ds used in e e yday speech should be included, al hough hey a e a oided in oday's w i en language (Dushia, G eek, Czech, e c.). In he opinion o he edi o ial s a and Ge ulo, he sen ences om he olde w i e s (Mikaloja's daukšos, simono daukan o and o he s) a e w i en in he o iginal sc ip , and Salys and Ska dus would like o ansla e e e y hing in o oday's sc ip . The e o e, w i es Balchikonis, he edi o ial boa d, ea ing o ake esponsibili y alone, asks he depa men o con ene a la ge consul a ion o o indica e o he wise wha should be done (cVa . 391, ap. 4, b. 1035, p. 69). In 1936, a icles began o appea in he p ess in o ming abou he p epa a ion o he dic iona y, he wo k o he edi o ial s a and he p ospec s o publica ion in olumes. The impo ance o he u u e dic iona y o eaching and p ac ice is emphasized e e ywhe e, and a g ea desi e is exp essed o ge he olume as e . I was ei he oo good p ess e iews o o he ci cums ances ha p omp ed he sc ibes o publish an a icle in he ea ly au umn o 1937 in he Gim osios kalbos jou nal en i led "Pašaliečio's no es on he dic iona y" (ska džius 1997: 227 […] 230). he easoning exp essed in i encou ages a mo e de ailed look a his claims and a b oade desc ip ion o some o hem. The au ho o he a icle w i es ha he has ead a lo abou he dic iona y i sel in he p ess, spoken o a ious people, e en o he membe s o he edi o ial boa d hemsel es10, and ecen ly e iewed almos all he dic iona y ma e ial o his w i ing [wo d wo k]. bu I canno say ha he dic iona y is qui e eady o be published, as many ha e asked (ibid., 227). I 's so posi i e o a numbe o easons. The i s obs acle is he huge di e ence be ween he dic iona y posi ion o he s a e and he opinion o he cu en edi o ial boa d. he whole linguis ic ma e ial (bo h indi idual wo ds, hei gende s, sen ences, e en i es and simple wo ds) is aken ca e o , and he ocabula y o he Li huanian language is a ma e o he whole na ion, e e yone has o ake ca e o i and con ibu e o his pe mission. I would like o exp ess my opinion on he ma e o language". (ska džius 1997: 227). 9 P anas ska džius ašo, kad „[b]en kelis ka us man y a ekę laik aščiuose skai y i, kad leidžiamasis The headline o he a icle in ques ion seems o be he mos engaged: a e all, hey didn' go o he whole hall wi h he an , i hey discussed he issues o he dic iona y's o de wi h he edi o . I also sounds s ange ha he dic iona y is being discussed wi h di e en people, including he edi o s hemsel es. P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 109s aipsniai / a icles The cu en edi o s ha e asked o only he mos unusual wo ds o be included in he p ess, and o only he mos unusual wo ds o be included in he old manusc ip s. he o de o he wo ds was no p ede e mined, he selec o s we e no p epa ed. In e es ing wo ds picked up by e e yone who didn' make i , a dozen o hem jus hu . You didn' ha e o p epa e he o es, and you didn' ha e o w i e down he wo ds as you needed o, especially he huge mess o ci cumcision. In he end, sys ema ic mismanagemen o he collec ion wo k, many wo ds we e ob ained om one place and e y ew om he o he . Ano he disad an age is he unmanageable wo k planning o he edi o ial s a . Ini ially, i was planned o p epa e mo e ocabula y adap ed o p ac ical ma e s, bu i u ned ou ha due o i s size, he ocabula y will no be sui able o p ac ical ma e s. So a e a while, I decided o pu in he dic iona y some o he bo owings ha we e once used in w i ings o dic iona ies, excep o he occasional ba ba ism. Such wo ds a e wi nesses o cul u e, and hey a e necessa y o he his o y o language. I 's jus a pi y ha in he beginning hese wo ds we e excluded om he whole, and now i 's going o be di icul o combine hem, so we'll only ha e blank images o hei meanings in he dic iona y. The hi d hing is ha he handw i ing is un idy. The edi o ial boa d o he Minis y o Educa ion o de ed he w i ing o he g amma o Jablonsky in 1922, bu i s objec ions we e e y di icul o clea ly say many hings o he li ing language. The " empo a y misp onuncia ion o his wo d is a g ea damage o he whole science and p ac ice o ou language" (ibid., 229). A he end o he a icle, he au ho concludes ha be o e i is oo la e, i is necessa y o co ec he spelling and allow i o be dic iona y. sys ema ic and planned e iew o manusc ip s, especially olde sou ces, o ganiza ion and p epa a ion o pe manen and skill ul wo d selec o s om he li ing language in a ious pa s o Li huania. he edi o ial s a o he newspape mus be enla ged; he wo k o ocabula y managemen needs o be u he imp o ed and igh ened up so ha i s ui s a e uly use ul no only o he p ac ice o li e bu also o he s udy o language i sel (ibid., 230). The balcony did no espond o hese complain s in he p ess. He and he edi o ial s a we e no less awa e o he many laws in he wo ding o he lea le han his opponen . Many o hem we e cla i ied when he ex o he dic iona y was s a ed o be w i en, and soon he edi o began o elimina e ce ain sho comings acco ding o he indings ( o example, he ga e a new selec ion o some old sou ces, e c.). and because o he spelling, he balchikon is s ill based on he Minis y's ins uc ions. 11 lėjo nesuk i gal os: kol žodyno edakcija bu o pa aldi Š ie imo minis e ijai, ašan Ea ly on (in 1933) Balčikonis began o announce ha well-known wo ds we e also app op ia e, because […]i is no he wo d i sel ha is impo an o he edi o , bu he sen ences o he li ing language gi en o i […] (Balčikonis 1978: 123). 116 ac a aLdonas PuPkis Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII 2 o V. The le e o he Di ec o o he Li huanian Ins i u e Vinča K ė ė-Mike ičius o he People's Commissa o Educa ion (LMaa . 2, ap. 1, b. 24, l. 341) P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 117s aipsniai / a icles 3 PaV. O he The p ojec o he People's Commissa o Educa ion, An anas Venclo as, o dismiss he juozą balčikonį aksimilė 118 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII c i ical (e e y case o unce ain y checked, ac s aLdonas PuPkis de e ed o he coun y). Ha ing enounced some o he du ies, M . Balčikonis li es only by his dic iona y wo k. Is he e any membe o he commi ee who, when ques ioned, manages o amilia ize himsel wi h he ma e ial so quickly and is able o edi so quickly? Ha ing no hing agains he commi ee, he edi o ial s a asks o be allowed o inish he dic iona y and he olume. The pe i ion was w i en on Oc obe 15, 1940, signed by M . G igo , M . Ho odni schi, M . Libe io, M . Mikhailo sky, M . Mikhailo , M . Senkaus, M . Zhelezny and M . Vasilye , and submi ed o he People's Commissa o Educa ion on he same day. I may be ha a he eques o he s a o his edi o ial o ice, o pe haps o o he ci cums ances unknown o us, a he same ime he balchikon was no dismissed om his du ies as edi o and emained o edi he dic iona y. he dic iona y The new s age in he his o y o he Academy o Sciences and he Academy o Sciences began wi h he es ablishmen o he Li huanian Academy o Sciences by he ma ione e go e nmen o Li huania on Janua y 16, 1941. se e al Academy depa men s ha e been es ablished; The humani a ian depa men was ans o med in o he Li huanian Ins i u e, now called he Li huanian Language Ins i u e, as well as he Li huanian Li e a u e, Li huanian His o y and E hnology Ins i u e. Ska džius was appoin ed di ec o o he Li huanian Language Ins i u e. In his i s in e iew wi h he p ess (1941 Gim oji kalba; see ska džius 1999: 995[…]996), he new di ec o spoke abou he ins i u e's in ended wo k, bu did no men ion any hing abou he ocabula y. I was only much la e ha he was men ioned in an a icle published in he jou nal Gim osios kalbos (ska džius 1999: 996 […] 998). he wo k o he u u e ocabula y is no only con inued wi hou in e up ion, bu also g ea ly imp o ed and in ensi ied. The i s olume, p epa ed by he edi o ial s a , will soon appea as i is; Howe e , subsequen olumes will ha e o be au ho ised wi hou he as is pi mąjį omą leidžian . Visų pi ma bus s engiamasi suo ganizuo i isoje Lie- sho comings ha could ha e been caused by a ce ain numbe o esponsible wo d-collec o s and e i ie s in he e i o y o he Czech Republic ... and in gene al o imp o e he lexicog aphical ocabula y as much as possible" (ibid., 998). In ac , he dic iona y I, edi ed acco ding o he p inciples o he balcony, was p in ed in la e sp ing 1941. Bu he e he was a es ed by he Bolshe ik censo ship: he ound bo h an i-Semi ic and bou geois na ionalis "misin o ma ion". I is known ha in he 19 h cen u y he name o An ano Libe ius was w i en in his way. P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 119s aipsniai / a icles pas kazį P eikšą20 ėjo aiškin is ins i u o di ek o ius ska džius. as „su ikęs neda- no ep essi e conclusions we e d awn, bu i was eques ed o ew i e i (sabaliauskas 1999: 31). I seems ha o some ime he e was a no mal wo king mood a he Li huanian Language Ins i u e i sel . A numbe o publishing commi ees we e se up by he Ins i u e, among which he dic iona y commi ee was assigned balchikonis, salys and ska djus, w i en wo k epo s and plans o he managemen o he Academy o Sciences. Fo example, in he annual wo k epo o he Li huanian Language Ins i u e o he yea 1941 (June 15, 1940), signed by he di ec o on June 14, 1941, i is w i en ha he o e h ow o he bou geois go e nmen in Li huania and he accession o Li huania o he sa dom was he g ea es achie emen o he Li huanian school es ablished by he Tsa is Academy o Li huania (Lki . I is also g a i ying ha now 11 people a e wo king in he edi o ial o ice o he Li huanian language dic iona y ins ead o he p e ious 8, and i is s a ed ha he Li huanian language ins i u e es ablished hanks o he Li huanian go e nmen is wo king a a bolshe ik pace in he ield o Li huanian language science, con ibu ing o all he scien i ic wo ks and achie emen s o ou g ea socialis homeland. The census included all he subdi isional census o he ins i u e, including he census o he ocabula y edi o ial s a p epa ed o he balchikon. Howe e , a he same ime, he e was a majo eo ganiza ion o s a posi ions a he Li huanian Language Ins i u e. On June 16, 1941, he di ec o o he ins i u e Ska dis signed a le e o he P esidium o he Academy o Sciences, by which he o e ed o dismiss Balchikon om he pos o edi o o he Li huanian dic iona y and appoin him as an assis an edi o o he LKZ (LMaa .1, ol.9, p.3579, p.16). In acco dance wi h he o de o he di ec o o he ins i u e No. 113115, he p esiden o he Academy o Sciences K e ya-Micke ičius on June 19 signed an o de o dismiss Balchikon om he pos o edi o o he dic iona y and o appoin him as an assis an edi o om June 16 o he same yea . By he same dec ee, Jonik was elie ed o his du ies as head o he Depa men o P ac ical Language and Te minology and appoin ed edi o o he G and Dic iona y. be iską aukš yn kojomis ap e ė p asidėjęs nacis inės Vokie ijos i so ie ų The Wa o he League. On 26 July, he chai man o he Academy o Sciences, K ė ė-Micke ičius, signed an o de o e u n he balchikon o he edi o o he Li huanian language dic iona y, and o ans e he jonik o wo k as he sec e a y o he P ac ical Language and Te minology Di ision (Lki Lkž . 18, 5 l. 71). Kazys P eikšas (19031961), So ie igu e, one o he ounde s and p opagandis s o communis ideology in Li huania. A he ime o he speech, he was he head o he p opaganda and agi a ion depa men o he LKP. The edi o o he 21s edi ion o he dic iona y, Pe e Jonik, had only one mon h and one week o li e. As he head o he g ea dic iona y, he was able o send, i seems, only one le e o he dic iona y o he eade (see his le e o he dic iona y speake o Leon Kuoji: Lki Lkž . 518, l. 71). 120 aLdonas PuPkis ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII uo lyg i baigėsi ska džiaus mėginimai pe im i žodyno eikalus į sa o žinią, be , Appa en ly, he p omise o edi he dic iona y by he commission and o manage i s ex om olume II acco ding o he p inciples o so-called d um w i ing was no o go en. Howe e , he esigned om he laiką kokių susidū imų kaip i nebū a, juolab kad 1941 m. lapk ičio 11 d. ska džius pos o di ec o o he Li huanian Language Ins i u e. The easons o his depa u e a e no known, al hough i can be suppo ed by he desi e o de o e mo e ime o he publica ion o his inal Li huanian-language dic iona y ( he book was published in 1943). On Decembe 3, 1941, he du ies o di ec o o he ins i u e we e o icially ans e ed o Sali. I seems ha Salys was a mo e mode a e leade : he ne e publicly clashed wi h Balchikon, did no in ol e himsel in he discussion o Ska djo and Balchikon in 1940, and ook mo e ca e o he a ai s o his ield. In mid-July 1942, howe e , he di ec o w o e a le e o he p esiden o he Academy o Sciences, in which he exp essed his opinion on he o ma ion o a commission o he p epa a ion o a dic iona y. The au ho o he le e a gued ha because o he slowness o he wo k o he p in ing p ess, olume II was being p in ed slowly, so he e was an oppo uni y o supplemen ha au ho iza ion and o make hose changes applicable o o he olumes. The w i ing is a gued ha his g ea wo k o g ea impo ance […] he g ea dic iona y o he Li huanian language […] […] is no sui able o a senio edi o […] (LMaa . 1, ap. 1, b. 68, l. 75), so a ce ain commission should be o med. The ask o his commission would be o deal wi h he gene al p inciples o he dic iona y ag eemen , spelling issues and in gene al all ques ions aised by he edi o ial s a i sel and by indi idual membe s o his commission. [...] his commission would no be he edi o ial esponsible, bu he scien i ic suppo , whose decisions a e manda o y o he dic iona y edi o ial s a . The posi ion o he edi o -in-chie would no be al e ed in any way as a esul . This wo king g oup, called he Scien i ic Suppo Commi ee, was quickly app o ed by he leade ship o he Scien i ic Academy a he sugges ion o he di ec o o he ins i u e, and a i s i s mee ing on Sep embe 28, Salys was elec ed chai man. I also included a ska dus, a balchikon, a ionic, and a p o esso om Vilnius Uni e si y, O embski (o ębski). As An anas Lybe is says, Balchikonis om he commission was eally hoping o scien i ic help (Lybe is 2009: 272), bu when he ques ion o spelling was aised again in he mee ing, he s ongly opposed any spelling e o m. A he hi d hea ing on 14 Oc obe , he exp essed his sepa a e opinion on he spelling and did no commen u he on hose discussions. The las mee ing was held on 2 July 1943, and he mos impo an issues o he dic iona y we e discussed. Howe e , he s uc u al aspec s o he ex o he dic iona y we e no e iewed.22 A e he dic iona y and he olume we e published in 1941, he ci cula ion (3000 copies) was quickly bough ou eikia pasaky i, kad Mokslinė pagalbinė komisija pe isą sa o da bo laiką, 44 and he managemen o he Li huanian Language Ins i u e, wi h he app o al o he Academy o Sciences, decided o publish he second olume. he ex was al eady being p ocessed, pa s o i we e co ec ed, he p in ing wo ks we e being done. I was supposed o be eleased in he all o 1942, bu due o di icul ies ka o me o sąlygų da bas ėjo lė ai, kol galų gale bu o isai nu auk as. P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 121 a icles mi […] we e es ic ed o a ge ed only in pa ial cases. Fo example, in he con ex o he ela ionship be ween he s uc u e o he olume and u he olumes, i was decided ha : 1. he meanings o wo ds should, whe e possible, be classi ied on he basis o his o y; 2. hyb ids a e ma ked in cases whe e he e is a Li huanian wo d wi h a p e ix o a p e ix o he meaning o […] A. P. […]; 3. only di ec loans a e conside ed as loans, bu no hei de i a i e loans (wi h Li huanian con ac ual elemen s); 4. he spelling o he dic iona y shall be de e mined by he nex commi ee mee ing (on he basis o he d a d awn up by he Li huanian Language Ins i u e); 5. c oss-ma king non-changeable de i a i es and hyb ids, as well as a chaisms; 6. he in e p e a ion o noble wo ds is no allowed (LMaa . 1, ap. 1, b. 68, p. 85). Wi hou going in o he analysis o his uling, i mus be said ha i essen ially con i med he na u e o he wo d balčikonio and he p inciples o i s p epa a ion and did no p o ide o any essen ial changes. In pa icula , i should be emphasised ha he p o isions o he ga den ocabula y s anda d we e included in he decision no o di ide he meanings o noble wo ds and wo ds on he basis o his o y. Some o he p inciples o he dic iona y we e ein o ced in o he edi ions, such as he p esen spelling o he old le e s (including he kleino). In he hea ings, hese ma e s we e conside ed mainly on he basis o a w i en ex in wo olumes (skill imis, co ec ion), and in he cases in wo olumes ( ūkumai, as w i en in he minu es), a o al o 29 cases, conside ed in only one session. The e o e, he e o s o he sc ibe o "imp o e" he ocabula y, "summa y" we e no implemen ed, as he himsel had ied o decla e o many yea s. Du ing he Ge man occupa ion, he con essed o he G eek: "I ound ha my heo y in he dic iona y was di icul o econcile wi h he p ac ice" (pu he wo d a he wo d 2006: 194). I don' know wha he heo y was, bu I don' hink he unde s ood i , and I don' hink he unde s ood i . much la e , on No embe 27, 1970, he w o e o Zygmun Zinkewicz: "Today I ecei ed he olume Lkž Viii, which I only supe icially managed o see, bu om his I can al eady see how la ge and inexp essibly aluable he lobby o he Li huanian language is: wi hou i no a single Li huanian and, in gene al, a Bela usian language esea che will be able o ge a ound. This, o cou se, is eally only an explana o y dic iona y o he Li huanian language, no a hesau us o he Li huanian language, which will e en ually ha e o be p epa ed by ce ain specialis s no only in linguis ics bu also in philology. he his o y o he Li huanian language will be mainly ela ed o his ocabula y (ci . om: osinas 2011: 144). disag eeing wi h he w i ing A he end o he mee ings, on behal o he P esidium o he Academy o Sciences, balčikoniui nesu ikus s a s y i ašybos kei imo dalykų i nebelankan komisijos a w i ing commi ee was o med a he Ins i u e o Li huanian Language ( om he same membe s o he commission, excep o he balchikon). I was no long be o e, on No embe 11, 1942, ha he Li huanian language was ecognized as he o icial language o Li huania. 122 aLdonas PuPkis ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII he ins i u e's p epa ed spelling guidelines. They we e discussed and app o ed by he Gene al Assembly o he Depa men o Humani ies, Social and Economic Sciences o he Academy o Sciences, and hen, on No embe 19, hey we e signed by he Gene al P anas ge man as23 . Counsel o Educa ion himsel . F om he e y beginning o he wo k o he Scien i ic Assis ance Commission, a eal wa b oke ou be ween he Commission, mainly wi h a sca , and he edi o 's balcony. Ha ing been in a shadow o some ime, in mee ings and on o he occasions, he sca dus again ied o ake o e he ops (which we e ex emely sha p cu s and cu s) wi h his demands and ied o o ce he balcony o obey by adminis a i e means. Salys ook o e as di ec o o he ins i u e, and in o de o in oduce he new spelling in o he p ac ice o p oducing a la ge dic iona y, he commission had o wo k long and pa ien ly o achie e i s goal. Wi hou going in o all he de ails o ha s uggle, i mus be said ha he commission, o mo e p ecisely he boa d, suppo ed by he hall26, achie ed i s objec i es as well: he new spelling was o icially app o ed. Howe e , nei he he Depa men o Educa ion no he Academy o Sciences has app o ed he equi emen o modi y he ex o he dic iona y acco ding o i . only he managemen o he Li huanian Language Ins i u e could demand his. Fo se e al mon hs, he Li huanian Language Ins i u e expe ienced a o al con usion. F om he e y beginning, when he ounda ions o spelling had no ye been es ablished, he dic iona y's collabo a o s we e equi ed o obse e he new spelling, bu he se an s did no da e o s and in on o he edi o s in public. As a esul o hese disag eemen s, by o de o he di ec o , he wo k o he p in ing p ess was suspended pending he cla i ica ion o he cle ical a ai s. When he Gene al Counsel o Educa ion inally app o ed he spelling guidelines, Balconi w o e a le e o esigna ion on No embe 24. 23 P anas Ge manan as (un il 1940 Meškauskas) (1903-1945) was a public igu e, o a o , and doc o o science. G adua ed om he Li huanian and Leipzig uni e si ies, wo ked in he Li huanian Secu i y Depa men as a p ess o ice , became a gene al counselo o he Minis y o Educa ion in Ge many. Fo his e o s o p o ec Li huanians om Ge man pe secu ion, he was imp isoned in he S u ho concen a ion camp in 1943 and died he e. W i ing, among o he hings, and a lo o wo ks ela ed o language p ac ice. On 24 Sep embe 1980, in my dia y, I w o e down my imp essions o he second olume o he Balconian Re iew Edi o ial Commission: "I was e iewing he Balconian le e o Al ed he Elde abou he edaga imą eiginius] Lybe is nep ieš a a o, be isas i ė. kai išėjom, išliejo man isą ulžį. jis bu ęs dic iona y a he Balconian and I was con inced ha he sc oll wi h he hall wan ed o ake possession o he balconian, necessa ily his and ha (conc e e) wo k, a leas o a ach hei w i ing and so on. He's a e y big scheme who used o be a scound el. 25 is one o he mos in e es ing bu also he da kes pages in he his o y o he Li huanian dic iona y, bu his opic is sepa a e, special, o be deal wi h on some o he occasions. In he 26 h commission, Jonah was an ex a, and John O embsky didn' ge in ol ed in he w i ing con o e sy. He's mo e likely o apply bo h sides han o ag ee wi h one mo e clea ly. By he way, wha do you hink o he balconies? ypač e ino i ka ais ja ne nek i iškai emda osi. P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 123s aipsniai / a icles A co espondence ma a hon be ween he di ec o 's hall, he edi o 's desk and he academic academy and he managemen o he educa ional ins i u ion began. He e, wi hou men ioning he a gumen s o bo h sides, i would be possible o indica e only he opinion o he ju y, which was con eyed o he chai man o he academy on Decembe 7, 1942, ha e en a e con i ming he ounda ions o he spelling, he e we e people who would like o change some hing else. This is mo i a ed by he ac ha Balchikon is he execu o o he will o Jablonsky and he e o e he should be allowed o con inue o use in he dic iona y he spelling ha he has al eady begun o use. Ska džius w i es ha he Li huanian dic iona y is no Jablonski, bu he will o he beas and he beas is no in his own wo d, bu in he w i ing o Jablonski. The spelling […]daba inė, used in he Li huanian ocabula y o j. balčikonio, is ac ually no jablonskinė, bu balčikoninė[…] (LMaa . 1, ol. 1, b. 68, p. 106). Bu w i ing isn' e e y hing. I can be seen om he beha iou and language o he balcony ha he did no wan o ha e any hing o do wi h he commission and had decided in ad ance agains i . In ac , he sho -li ed commission " ound so many hings o ix ha any objec i e pe son could no ice" (ibid, 107). Thus, acco ding o Ska džius, he g ea dic iona y o he Li huanian language […]p obably mus and can be allowed only in he newly app o ed spelling[…] ( he same, 108), and e e y hing else emains as i was. bu i an ag eemen canno be eached, […] hen o he s mus immedia ely ake up he wo k and con inue i wi h de e mina ion[…] ( he same). In he end, Ska džius s a es ha i non-specialis s om ab oad ook o e he managemen o e e y hing, he himsel could no con ibu e o he Li huanian language dic iona y and " hus el elaxed om any con ac s wi h he Li huanian Academy o Sciences" (ibid.) (see Fig. 4). Despi e he ul ima um, Balchikon was no dismissed om his du ies as edi o o he dic iona y, bu was gi en a lea e o absence om Decembe 1, 1942 o Janua y 1, 1943. and al hough much e o was la e made o mi iga e he con lic , he balchikon did no e u n o he edi o ial o ice. This e iew, wi hou knowing all o a leas he mos impo an a gumen s o he balcony, can be conside ed one-sided and biased. hose a gumen s o he edi o need o be accompanied by a leas a ew explana o y wo ds. On 31 Decembe 1942, an a icle in he Balchikon "Lopi a's w i ing" (balchikon 1978: 183187) was published in he Pane ėžys dis ic newspape . In i , he au ho w i es ha i 's impo an o know why he edi o didn' wan o use he basics o he new spelling. I is ecalled ha he edi o ial s a will y o adap ge iausiai išdės y i ka o me ais paskelb uose s aipsniuose, ad apie kai ku iuos jų o he o icial spelling om he e y beginning o he wo k, and i is explained why he spelling o he Public Housing was chosen. Re27 wha and whe e i was people, ailed o de e mine, bu la e , al eady appea ed in he a icle o he balcony In he case o he Pane ėžys dis ic (balčikon 1978: 183187), a icles we e published in he p ess (le e s wi h a simila con en we e also sen o he ins i u e) ha did no p omo e w i ing e o ms and suppo ed he balčikon pozicija (ž . aila 1943, k onika 1943). 124 aLdonas PuPkis ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVII 4 PaV. This Regula ion shall en e in o o ce on he wen ie h day ollowing ha o i s publica ion. In a le e o he p esiden o he Academy o Sciences on Decembe 7, P anas ska džius i didysis Lie u ių kalbos žodynas 125-page a icles The doc o did no wan us o s a edi ing he olume because he e we e wo spellings o because o he spelling almos he en i e olume would be ewo ked. On he o he hand, he au ho w i es, as long as he new spelling is no needed by ou o he sc ip s and he e is no knowledge, will you wan o use i , especially when a e he wa he whole na ion ga he s in a pile and s a s o wo k quie ly on cul u al wo k, wha is he poin o dancing o use i i s ? Does he spelling make up he essence o he wo d? (ibid, 185). 1942, he au ho u he shows ha he p inciples o spelling and phone ic spelling a e used in he ounda ions o he sc ip : one is gi en o w i e om he o igin, he o he om he sounds (baigš us, because i is inished, o inish, al hough hose wo ds a e no seen o hea d in he cu en sc ip s and in li e, bu should be known om he o igin). "The w i ing does no deal wi h dis an o igins, i s pu pose is no o each e ymology" (ibid.). The g ea es c ime was commi ed by ho w i ing, because he au ho s again o go he p inciple o hei ou da ed pencil w i ing ( o w i e ugly, cu and pig, s aw, as Jablonsky igh ly poin ed ou , […]is a mix u e o wo sc ip s[…] (ibid, 186). I he e is no a emp o gi e he igh spelling in he w i ing basis, wha is he solu ion? ( he same). he exi is composed by he noble p inciple o he Jablonsky sc ip . In ano he a icle, w i en in 1944 while discussing wi h Saliu (Balčikonis 1978: 187 […] 188), i is emphasized ha he edi o did no ag ee o accep he commission's p oposed spelling because i would no be necessa y o e iew he ex o he edi o ial s a , co ec he p in ing p ess, co ec he edi o ial s a , e c. A dic iona y needs wo ds, no spelling mis akes! [...] bu he Commission's s ubbo nness was g ea e han hose a gumen s" (ibid., 187). Acco ding o he edi o , he wo d "Thomas II" should ha e appea ed in he sp ing o 1943 and again in he summe . I used o hink ha he dis up ion o w i ing du ing he wa was gene ally nonsense. I' e said many imes ha du ing he wa i 's almos wo h le ing he dic iona y go e en wi h co ec i e e o s; Co ec ion e o s could be co ec ed la e , and i he wo ds we e dead, he e'd be no money o hem. a gau um. be mokslo įs aigos nuėjo ki u keliu“ ( en pa , 188). I'm no su e wha you' e alking abou . In he i s a icle, he ci cums ances o he appoin men o he edi o o he g ea Li huanian dic iona y, which was enewed a he end o 1930, a e analyzed, and he opinion is co ec ed ha he only candida e o he pos o edi o o he dic iona y was a o me speake om Balchikon. Acco ding o he newly ound bu o ką ik mokslus užsienyje baigęs kalbininkas ska džius. galima many i, kad kaip ik jis inicija o žodyno edakcijos a gai inimo da bą, ūpinosi inansais, ben- a chi al documen s, he i s candida e wo ked on he dic iona y and o he dic iona y ma e s and jus i iably claimed o be appoin ed edi o o he dic iona y. The eason why he bowl was no assigned o he g ea dic iona y e-