Valentina SKUJINA
Professor Valentina SKUJINA Senior Researcher Latvian Language Institute Akademijas laukums 1 Riga, LV 1050 Latvia Phone: +371 7229636 |
Born: October 2, 1937
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Main research - the monograph The Principles of Formation of Latvian Terminology (1993/ 2002, 224 pp.), where the experience of 40 years work of the Terminology Commisison (TC) of Latvian Academy of Sciences has been generalized. Theoretical conclusions on the intralingual, interlingual and extralingual levels are based on about 200,000 scientific and technological branch terms, confirmed by TC. The foundation and main items of Latvian Terminology as a branch of science have been described. Co-author and Managing Editor of a number of term-dictionaries. Author of the book for Latvian language training "Latvian Language for Business Practice" (1999, 150 pp.), and of the "Dictionary of the Latin and Greek Elements" (1999, 233 pp.), where the explanations of Latin and Greek elements and word-examples made from these elements are given.
Languages: Latvian, English, Russian.
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Last update 15.12.2004