LITHUAN-
IA
KALBOT-
YROS
KLAUSIMAI XXXVI (1996)
LITHUANI-
AN
LANGUA-
GE:
RESEARCH AND STUDIES
Zigmas
ZINKEVICI-
US JURGIS
GERULIS
—SCIENTIS-
TS AND
MANJu gis
Ge ulis was
one o he
g ea es
in e wa
Li huanian-
is s and
Bal is s.
Bo n on
Augus 3,
1888 in
Jogauduos-
é, nea
Vilkyskiy
( oday
Silu és
dis ic ), a
a me in
he Seimas.
In 1909 he
g adua ed
om he
Tilzsi
Gymnasium
and
s udied
compa a i-
e
linguis ics
and
classical
philology a
he
Königs uhl
and Be lin
uni e si i-
es. In 1912
he
de ended
his
doc o al
disse a i-
on. He was
a
p o esso
a he
Uni e si y
o Leipzig.
In 1934 he
e u ned
o he
Kingdom
and was
ec o o
he
uni e si y.
Since 1937,
he
Uni e si y
o Be lin,
ou aged
by he local
adminis -
a ion's
change o
Li huanian
place
names in
Eas
P ussia o
Ge man
ones, did
no wan
o
con ibu e
o Sisko's
wo k.
Be o e
ha , in
1933, he
joined he
Na ionalis
Pa y
(unde he
guidance
o his wi e,
a
descenda-
n o he
high
La ian
Ge man
a is oc a-
cy) and held
high
adminis -
a i e
posi ions.
In May 1945,
he was
a es ed
by So ie
secu i y
a nigh
and
disappea -
ed wi hou
Zina.
Ge ulis mainly
con ibu ed o
Li huanian
s udies by
s udying
Li huanian
dialec s and
ancien
w i ings. He
has done a lo
in he ield o
dialec ology.
Conside ed he
ounda ion o
mode n
Li huanian
dialec ology
uz
The Rise o
Li huania. His
mos
impo an
wo k in his
ield is he
monog aph
“S udies o
Li huanian
dialec ology”
published in
Ge man in
1930!..
Joje
Ge ulis was
he i s o
apply he
so-called
Copenhagen
ansc ip ion
o Li huanian
dialec s, which
la e played a
e y
impo an ole
in he
de elopmen
bu
o ou
dialec ology.
In his wo k,
he examined
he common
dialec s o
i
he
Li huanian
language and
p esen ed
i
he mos
impo an
dialec
examples
wi h hei
dialec ologic-
al
cha ac e is -
ics.
Un il his
dea h, Ge ulis
himsel
s udied
Li huanian
dialec s wi h
i
ins umen al
phone ic
means.
One
a icle
was
ne
de o ed
o his
ma e
(e.g., 1930,
1935). In
addi ion,
he led
dialec olo-
gy
cou ses in
1931—1933
I 's a shame.
Ca d
su
Ch .
S angu
1933
m.
published
in ge man
language
monog a-
ph
‘Lie u iy
Ta m
ish
"P iscilla".
Bo h
iends in
hei
i
uniqueness
They
we e no
able o
o
inish he
wo k.
Po
diamonds
S angas
his
uZ asus
paskelbé*,
o
Ge ulio
accumula-
ed
meddiagas
collec io-
ns
p asu o, a leas un il
Siol nie-
1
Li huanians
Dialec
S udies o
Geo g
Ge ullis
wi h
8
X- ays and
20
Cymog aphy eco dings.
Leipzig,
1930.
Lie u iy
nay
a mé
P isuose.
Found by
J. Ge ullis
and Ch .
S an
g’as.
Kaunas,
1933.
3S an g
Ch . S.
The
Li huani-
an dialec
o
Zasééiai
in he
Vilnius
a ea.
—Jou nal
o
Linguis i-
cs 18,
Oslo, 1958,
171—201.
ko
I' e ne e
hea d o
hem.
Same
a e
his o
i
jo
accumul-
a ed
wood
Ge ééiy
i
Laz ny
snek as
(uz
Lie u os
The
Republic.
Ki a
Ge ulio
scien i -
ic
in e es-
—
s a e in
he
s udy o
he
ancien
lu
Li huanian language.
Jis
1922
m.
eleased
pho og aphs
Maz ydo
as u
inkini*’.
Some o he
ex s he
ound himsel
in he
a chi es o
he King.
Po
ka o kai
ku iy
o iginaly
neiSliko.
Al hough now
he e is a
newe ep in
o Maz ydas'
wo ks?
leidiniy, bu
Ge ulio is he
mos
impo an
up
i
Today i
is s ill o
g ea
scien i ic
alue,
especially
since all
published
ne
ex s
jo
ha e
su i ed
in hei
o iginal o m.
1927
m.
he published he
excellen lie u iy
senyjy as y
ch es oma ija®,
which is s ill used
oday.
i
Ji
I has
become one
iS
o he main
eaching
ma e ials
o he
s udy o he
his o y o
he
Li huanian
language in
highe
educa ion
i
ins i u ions
and is widely
used in
scien i ic esea ch.
The e a e
ound
i
published
many
smalle
ancien
Li huanian
ex s, a
lo o
a chi e
da a abou
hem.
Be
o he wi-
se, i is
y é
J.
B e kun's
biog aphy.
Ge ulis has
done a g ea
deal o s udy
he his o y
o Li huanian
language in
P ussia.
Social
linguis ics,
si
especially
p oblems o
Li huanian-G-
e man
i
bilingualism.
Ap asé his
na i e illage,
his
Ge maniza -
ion o he
amily.
He was a
g ea
e udi e
Bal is .
Impo an
wo ks o
jo
ecogni ion,
especially
he
esea ch o
p usy
placenames.
IS
This a ea
was
i
jo
doc o al
disse a io-
n, de ended
1912
m.
This is a
wo k
w i en in
La in
”Abou
p usiskus
Sembos
ie o a dzius’’.
He was la e
eplaced by
P ue.
i
1922
m.
in Ge man he
published a
signi ican
wo k ”Seno es
p usy
ie o a dZiai”’,
and also
published a
small wo k on
he subjec o
p usis ics
Ge man,
Li huanian
i
In he
La ian
p ess.
The Rise o
i
La ini y.
Reiksmingas
i
Pedagogical
wo k o
Ge ulis.
He made a
g ea
con ibu ion
o he
linguis ic
educa ion o
he in e wa
Li huanian
young
gene a ion.
Ne e ike ai
a e dea h
K.
Bugs, oo
sho
ime
In Kaunas
Uni e si y,
who was
unable o
p epa e his
wo k in he
agic
si ua ion o
Li huanian
linguis ics,
was helped
by someone
else, Ge ulis.
ne
o
Jo
s uden s
we e bo h
impo an
in e wa
Li huanian
linguis s
p o esso s
P anas
Ska dzius
i
An anas
Islands,
as well as
wa
po
Wo king a
Vilnius
Uni e si y
Jonas
Kabelka,
Pedagoginiame
ins i u e
—
Elze
Mikalaus-
kai ė,
iSei ijoje
—
Kazys
Alminas
(Alminauskis)
i
Izabele
Ma use iciu e.
As a man
Ge ulis was
a
p esump uo-
i
us agic
pe sonali y,
The e a e
di e en
sides o
j
his
si ua ion.
Li huanian
s udies
we e o him
Holy
science,
Li huanian
language
ac s a e
—
p ecious.
I is
appa en
ha
i
is
e usal o
con ibu e o
he
Ge maniza ion
o he
Li huanian
dic iona y in
Eas P ussia.
A membe o
Hi le 's pa y
in his case did
no obey he
pa y. I ound
all my ime
wo king
4
MAZVYDAS.
The oldes
Li huanian
language
monumen s
up o
1570
yea s. The
p ess
up u ed
D .
Ju gis
Ge ou
o he e.
Kaunas,
1922.
La es ads:
Ma nas
y
Maz ydas
Ka ekiwzmas
i _ki
as a .
Ca echism
and o he s
W i ings.
Edi o
G
ie
d ius
Subway.
Vilnius,
1993.
Seniep
he u y
shag
pea .
I
Pa 1.
Tex s in
su
j ada.
I 's
Ju gisGe-
ullis.
Kaunas,
1927.
De
"P ussicis
Sambiensium
loco um
nominabus".
Tilsi ,
1912.
8
Die
al p eussischen
Place names.
Be lin—Leipzig,
1922.
10
among he
Ge mans,
Ge ulis g adually
abso bed
Ge manism, his
spi i o
hinking
coincided wi h
Ge mans,
i
al hough un il
he end o he
su
cen u y he was
p oud o his
Li huanian
o igin.
All his led
o many o
he
in elligen s-
ia o he
ime, wo ks:
a he
jo
i
jo
unknown,
iS
nega i e
a i ude
j
Good,
one-sided
jo
assessmen ,
o ge ing.
g ea
jo
con ibu io-
ns o he
s udy o
Li huanian
language.
Maybe i was
he agic
end o
i
Ge uli's li e.
In Vilnius,
among he
language
wo ke s a
he ime o
he wa ,
he e we e
po
sp ead
Li huani-
an
science
leade
Zmonés
(accused
Juozas
Ziugzda)
esponded nega i ely
|
A
Moscow's
a
eques ,
Li huania
needs
Ge ulis.
Canno
check how
much
Fo he
u h.
Howe e ,
he
doub ed
ha ga e
Ge ulj
lie u iy
linguis s
bu y he
las decade
ea lie
s ood on
hei ee ,
bal is ika
In Li huania
bee y
lou ished in
ne
he
eigh een h,
bu al eady in
he se en h
e en
a
In he 1990s. No
need o s a
any hing, o
disco e
o he s long
is
ago, o
disco e
Ame ica.
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