Baltistica  

Marek Majer

The aberrant form of the nom. pl. of Balt. active participles (Lith. vedã? etc.) has been aptly explained (Cowgill, partly anticipated by Endzeli¯ns) as the intrusion of the old finite 3. pl. (< PIE *wed?onti etc.) into the nominal paradigm of the part... see more

Frederik Kortlandt

The basis of linguistic reconstruction is the comparative method, which starts from the assumption that there is “a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident”, implying th... see more

Norbert Ostrowski

Productivity of the Lithuanian conjunction bei ‘and’, marker of so called „natural coordination”, is strictly connected to the area of Lithuania Minor (former East Prussia). Lithuanian bei comes from conflation of the common Baltic conjunction bè ‘and’ an... see more

Michiel de Vaan

It is argued that the uninflected possessive adjective Lithuanian kienõ ‘whose’ replaces an earlier form *kienè which arose from the addition of stressed -nè to monosyllabic *kie. As the source of the latter form, an innovation *kwo-i? ‘whose’ is posited,... see more

Frederik Kortlandt

Stang’s law is an ambiguous concept. On the one hand, it refers to a retraction of the stress from non-acute long vowels to the preceding syllable in Slavic. On the other hand, it refers to the development of acc.sg. Vedic dyám ‘sky’, gám ‘bull, cow’, Gre... see more

Jogile Teresa Ramonaite

Galvojant apie lietuviškai kaip antraja kalba kalbancius užsieniecius viena pirmuju iškylanciu ypatybiu yra perdetas bendraties formos vartojimas ten, kur jos lietuviškai neturetu buti. Remiantis bendra lietuviu kaip antrosios kalbos veiksmažodžio sistemo... see more

Rima Bakšiene,Agne Cepaitiene

Straipsnis skirtas lietuviu tarmiu transkripcijos klausimams. Jame aptariamas tarptautines fonetines abeceles (TFA, angl. International Phonetic Alphabet [IPA]) santykis su pastaruoju metu placiai taikomais Palemono rašmenimis.Lietuvoje beveik ištisa šimt... see more

Daiva Sinkeviciute

Straipsnyje svarstoma lietuviu dvikamieniu vardu kamieno gerd- kilme ir siekiama pagristi, kad gerd- yra antrinis kamienas, atsirades šaltiniuose užrašant onimus rusenu ir lenku kalbomis.

Renate Silina-Pinke,Anta Trumpa

16.–17. gadsimta latviešu tekstos viens no biežak sastopamajiem personvardiem ir Marija, retaks ir ta variants Mara (un deminutivs Marina). Raksta veikta visu „Latviešu valodas seno tekstu korpusa” sastopamo mineto vardu vardformu analize, kas pamato tris... see more

Birute Sprauniene

Giedre Juncyte

Jurate Pajediene

Laimute Balode