Structure and Activities
The Institute consists of four departments (Language History and Dialectology, Onomastics, Grammar, and Language Culture), two centers (Terminology and Lexicography), and a publishing house. Institute is active in academic fields of linguistics, lexicology, lexicography, grammar, and onomastics. As of January 2007, the staff of the Institute numbered 92, including 5 Doctors of Letters, 35 Doctors of Philosophy, and 11 doctoral students, directed by Jolanta Zabarskaitė.
Ongoing projects include:
- Compilation of a 20-volume dictionary of the Lithuanian language, including a computerised version
- The compilation of an academic grammar of the Lithuanian language
- Research into the evolution of Lithuanian syntax
- Research into Lithuanian dialects, as part of an atlas of European languages
- Study of the evolution and development of the written Lithuanian language, and creating a database of old Lithuanian writings
- Analysis of the development of the norms and terminology of the Lithuanian language in current usage, and the compilation of a database of linguistic phenomena and their assessment
- The preparation of an etymological dictionary of Lithuanian toponyms
- Study of the origins of place names, personal names, and animal names in Lithuania
- Partnership in the EuroTermBank project, which focuses on harmonisation and consolidation of terminology in new European Union member states
In October 2006, the Institute hosted an international conference entitled Terminology of National Languages and Globalization, sponsored by the European Association for Terminology.
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