LU HZF Latvian Language Institute
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The researchers of the LU HZF Institute of the Latvian Language will present the diversity of the Latvian language in time and space: with ancient texts, dialects of the Latvian language, regional names, place names. You will be able to listen to audio recordings of various genres, read ancient texts, play language quizzes. It will be possible to find out how dictionaries, dialect maps, language lists are created and how Latvian words and texts are analyzed.
N.B. Registration for the event is not required. We can accommodate 15 visitors at a time.
- Fields of Research: Linguistics
- Time and duration of the event: 19.00 - 21.00
- Language of the event: Latvian. Researchers can communicate in English, German if necessary.
- Location: Kalpaka bulvāris 4, Riga
- Contact Information: Email: sanda.rapa@lu.lv
- Transport: Any public transport that runs to the center of Riga (Freedom Monument, Art Academy, LU central building, Vērmandarza)
- Environmental Accessibility: Accessible for people with reduced mobility as well as people with prams
Date of event:
September 27, 2024
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Institute of the Latvian Language of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia is the only research institution in the world that systematically studies the Latvian language. It is a continuation of the traditions of the Latvian Language Repository, founded in 1935, and all the most prominent Latvian linguists have worked in it during its almost hundred years of existence. The institute carries out research activities in various fields of Latvian linguistics - dialectology and areal linguistics, onomastics, language history, grammar, phonetics and phonology, lexicology and lexicography, sociolinguistics, terminology, language culture, so it covers all areas important for language research, from sound to sentence and for the text. The institute prepares monographs, encyclopedias, digital dictionaries, collections of articles and magazines on various linguistic issues, it organizes conferences, seminars and public events, as well as helps to preserve the cultural and academic heritage by publishing selections of the works of prominent Latvian linguists, organizing public language cleanups. The Institute's research and work in collecting and describing the language is the basis of all Latvian electronic dictionaries and digital thesaurus.