145 No es and no es
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on he Li e o Vienna
SALANTAI and
asMenVa džių y iM
The p e ex o his a icle was gi en by wo a icles by P ano Knūkš a, a linguis
om he Salan a egion, which appea ed in he publica ion Kalbos kul ū a1 a ew yea s
ago, bu only ecen ly came in o he au ho 's hands. The e a e many impo an da a in
hem, collec ed om he 1631-1640 bap ismal eco d books o he chu ch o Salan a.
da a on he change o he name o he se lemen Skilandžiai o he name made om
he e y a chaic name o he i e Sãlan as a e p o ided in he a icle ca e ully and
ho oughly. They' e e y aluable. The o ms o o eign language in he Ch is ian
eco d a e iewed c i ically. And i 's well done, because he o ms o li ing language
a e always incompa ably mo e accu a e and au hen ic han hose in o eign-language
documen s, whe e hey a e unconsciously, and some imes delibe a ely, dis o ed. This
p o ision should be well unde s ood by young esea che s in he ield. I 's going o
con ibu e a lo o he success o hei wo k. Howe e , he ea men o
15 h-cen u y pe sonal names (mos ly in he second a icle) in he a icles is a majo
obs acle. cu en an h oponymic e ms, especially su names, a e a i icially adap ed
o he imes. I shouldn' be in a pape . Since he i een h cen u y, su names ( hei
dis inguishing sign […] he i age) had only a diminu i e. O dina y people, especially in he
p o inces, s ill used uninhabi ed su names, which, o dis inguish hem om inhe i ed
su names, a e usually called su names. They o igina ed om a ious co ec i e
wo ds, om he ancien ancien wo ds used o he name. The e o e, he e m
"su name" is also p oposed. They can also be called pe sonal names, o cou se, i we
don' ha e p oo ha i 's no a he edi a y su name ye .
The naming o all such XV cen u y pe sonal names by su names complica es he eaching and makes i
di icul o unde s and. he au ho o he a icle has o use he e m ake su name (p. 208) […] hen
who needs he e m su name in he whole ex ? The e's a p ank on he 1s loo . The name o he sal
in wo 15 h-cen u y books o Ch is ian eco ds. […] Language cul u e 81, 103[…]111; P onuncia ion is
di icul . The name o he illage o Ba zdzy in he 15 h cen u y. […] Language cul u e 83, 202 […] 210. This
is he subjec o a ecen book, Zigmas Zincke ičius. The su name o he se lemen s o Ukme ge
dis ic : O igin o he names. Vilnius: Li huanian Language Ins i u e, 2011 (especially 10). see p.
146 ac a Linguis ica Li huanica LXVI e en o misunde s andings such as he claim
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ha […]nuo in he mid-XX cen u y insc ip ions did no ha e any o hose su names
ha a e di ec ly eco ded in he XVII cen u y insc ip ions[…] (p. 207). O cou se, hey
couldn' ha e been, because he 15 h-cen u y insc ip ions didn' ha e pe sonal
names, hey didn' ha e su names. he accu acy o he eaching was o e shadowed
by ague e ms such as pa e ni y (pa onymic) su names ins ead o p ecise e m
(non-pa e ni y) su names. he au ho 's jus i ica ion ha uninhabi ed pe sonal
names can be called su names because hei […]eina po a do[…] (p. 203) is comple ely
unsuccess ul, because i igno es he mos impo an ea u e o he su name, i s
inhe i ance. e en he au ho himsel begins o doub he accu acy o he use o he
su name e m in his ex . This is e idenced by his sayings such as "i such
pa onymics can be called su names" (p. 206) and so on. The unsuccess ul use o he
e m su name in he wo k o scien is s, o cou se, will no mislead, bu will only
complica e he use o e y ca e ully and hones ly collec ed aluable an h oponymic
da a.
Deli e ed on 2 Ma ch 2012