Agris TIMUSKA

Interests:

• Dialectology
• Dialectal Lexicography
• Semantics
• Geolinguistics
• Language Typology

Brief Description of Main Research

The voluminous ‘’Joint Dictionary of Latvian Subdialects’’ started and to be completed still in the next centenary is the greatest challenge for Latvian dialectal lexicographers which shall result in their basic lexicographic project with rather high scientific value.

Languages: Latvian, German, English, Lithuanian, Russian, French

Education

• Humboldt University at Berlin (Faculty of Germanistics), 1985
• Dr.philol., University of Latvia, 1993

 

Experience

• Economist and Junior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1985-1986
• Junior Researcher, Institute of Language and Literature, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1986-1991
• Deputy Director, Latvian Language Institute, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992-1995
• Leading Researcher, Latvian Language Institute, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1994-

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member, Latvian Union of Scientists, 1989-
• Academic Secretary, Department of Baltic Languages, Atlas Linguarum Europae, 1992-
• Member, Board of Directors Atlas Linguarum Europae, 1994-
• Member, International Sociolinguistic Conference (1992) Organization Committee
• Chairman, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee Elections (1993) Branch Organization Committee
• Vice-chairman, Baltistica VII, 7th International Congress of Balticists (1995) Organization Committee
• Chairman, 29th Editorial Board Meeting of the Atlas Linguarum Europae (1996) Organization Committee
• Member, International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG), 1997 -
• Member, Latvian Language Experts Board, State Language Centre, 1999-
• Council Member, Latvian Union of Scientists, 2000 -
• Congress Director, 4th International Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists, 2003, Riga
• Chairman, 36th Editorial Board Meeting of the Atlas Linguarum Europae(2003) Organizing Committee

 

Lectures

• Diachronic Research at the Latvian Language Institute. - 29th Editorial Board Meeting of the Atlas Linguarum Europae. Latvian Academy of Sciences. September 20, 1996
• Quatre-vingt-dix, ninety, neunzig, devjanosto, noventa, novanta. - 32nd Editorial Board Meeting of the Atlas Linguarum Europae. Junior College, La Valletta, Malta, April 8, 1999
• Geolinguistic Atlases of the Baltic Languages. - Int. Workshop " Dialectal Corpus and the Use of Informatics in Geolinguistics" , University of Pau& Adour Coast, Bayonne, France, June 22, 2001.
• Homme/ femme, man/woman, Mann/ Frau, muzcina/zenscina, uomo/ donna, hombre/ mulier. - 35th Editorial Board Meeting of the Atlas Linguarum Europae, Slovenian academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 17, 2002.

 

Recent/Representative Publications

• A.Timuska, Dz.Zundane. German Grammar: A Manual for Forms 10-12, 1990, Riga: Zvaigzne Publishers, 268pp. (in German).
• A.Timuska. Semasiological-semantic Peculiarities of Comparisons in some Vernaculars of Northern Vidzeme. - Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, A, 1993, No 8, pp.14-17 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Ethnonyms within Comparisons from Vernaculars of Northern Vidzeme. - Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, A, 1993, No 10, pp.43-45 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Let’s climb an asp, don’t jump onto a palmtree! - Latvian Language Culture Problems, 27th edition, 1993, Riga: Avots Publishers, pp.110-115 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Comparisons in Vernaculars of Northern Vidzeme and their Lexicographic Interpretation. Thesis for acquiring of the scientific degree doctor philologiae, 1993, Riga, 105 pp.
• A.Timuska, E.Kagaine. Some Aspects of Dialectal Lexicography. - First International   Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Abstracts of Scholarly Papers, 1993, Budapest, pp.53-54 (in German).
• A.Timuska. Most Essential Semantic Features of Zoomorphisms in Some Vernaculars of Latvian. - Baltistica VII, the 7th International Congress of Balticists. Abstracts of Scholarly Papers, 1995, Riga: Latvian Language Institute, pp.116-117 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Some Compilation Problems of Dialectal Aspectual Dictionaries. - In: Problems of Lexicography: Semantics, Etymology, Reflection of Dialectal Data, Compilation Principles of Dictionaries. Abstracts of Scholarly Papers of the Conference, 1995, Vilnius, p.34-35 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Actualization of the Semantic Word Structure in Comparisons. - In: TheWord and its Research Aspects. Abstracts of Papers of a Scientific Conference, 1996, Liepaja, pp.62-63 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. The Actual Compilation Problems of Dialectal Aspectual Dictionaries. - Theory and Practice of Lexicography. Abstracts of Papers of the Scientific Conference in memoriam the 124th Anniversary of J.Endzelins, Full Member of the Academy, 1997, Riga: Latvian Language Institute, pp.43-45 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Some Compilation Problems of Dialectal Aspectual Dictionaries. - Problems of Linguistics, XXXVII, 1997, Vilnius, pp.146-153 (in Lithuanian).
• A.Timuska. Most Caharacteristic Features of Several Zoomorphisms in Some Vernaculars of Latvian. - Linguistica Lettica, I, 1997, Riga, pp.256-263 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Actualization of the Semantic Word Structure in Comparisons. - Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, A, 1997, No 3/4, pp.20-23 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Dialectal Aspectual Dictionaries: a Prospective Project of Latvian Lexicography. - 2nd International Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Book of Abstracts, 1997, Amsterdam, p.138 (in German).
• A.Timuska. Most Actual Compilation Problems of Dialectal Aspectual Dictionaries. - Linguistica Lettica, II, 1998, Riga, pp.188-196 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Latvian Dialectal Material in the "Atlas Linguarum Europae". - In: The Word and its Research Aspects, 2. Scientific Papers of Liepaja Teachers Training Academy, 1998, Liepaja, pp.123-130 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Lexicographic Considerations about Variability of Dialectal Phraseology. - Linguistica Lettica, III, 1998, Riga, pp.61-69 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Diachronic Research at the Latvian Language Institute. - Dialectologia et Geolinguistica. Journal of the International Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists, 6, 1998, Alessandria, pp.99-104 (in English).
• A.Timuska. Regional Dialectal Comparative Constructions under Comparative-Historical Aspect. - Baltistica, Supplement V, 1998, Vilnius, pp.227-232 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. The Numeral "90" in Sub-dialects of Latvian and other European Languages. - In: The Word and its Research Aspects, 3. Scientific Papers of Liepaja Teachers Training Academy, 1999, Liepaja, pp.198-204 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Tradition and Innovation within the "Dictionary of Latvian Sub-dialects" to be compiled. - In: Baltic Philology, IX. Scientific Papers, scient.ed. P.Vanags. 9th issue, vol.625, 2000, Riga, pp.137-142 (in Latvian).
• E.Kagaine, A.Timuska. "Dictionary of Vainizi Sub-dialect" as Lexicographic Reflection of a Specific Language Sub-system. - In: Sub-dialects: Problems of Texts and Dictionary Compilation. Materials of an International Scientific Workshop, 2000, Siauliai, pp.26-33 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Main Regional Language Contacts of Latvian and their Lexicographic Reflection. - 3rd International Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Abstract Book, 2000, Lublin, p.99 (in English).
• A.Timuska. Development of Geolinguistics in Latvia in the Context of Linguistics Worldwide. - The Baltic Languages on the Turn of Centuries, 9th Int. Congress of Baltistics. Abstracts of Scholarly Papers, 2000, Riga, pp. 314-315 (in Latvian).
• E.Kagaine, A.Timuska. Dialectal Atlas of Latvian [Review]. - Dialectologia et Geolinguistica. Journal of the Int. Society of Dialectologists and Geolinguists, 2000, 8, Alessandria, pp. 102-109 (in German).
• A.Timuska. The Numeral '90' in Baltic Languages under Geolinguistic Aspect. - Problems of Languages and sub-dialects in Borderlands: Papers Presented on an International scientific Conf. devoted to the European Year of Languages, 2001, Siauliai, pp. 151-155 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Detalization of Word Semantics in Geolinguistic Sources. - In: The Word and its Research Aspects, 5, Scientific Papers of Liepaja Teachers Training Academy, 2001, Liepaja, pp.460-469 (in Latvian).
• M.Putnina, A.Timuska. Dictionary of Comparisons from Sinole Sub-dialect, 2001, Riga, XXVI,   293 pp. (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Problems Reflecting Phraseological Units in the " Dialectal Dictionary of Latvian". - Problems of Lexicography and Lexicology. Abstracts of papers presented on a conference to honour the 100th anniversary of Antanas Salys, 2002, Vilnius, pp. 62-63 (in Latvian).
• A. Timuska. " Equal Rights of both Sexes" in Dialects of European Languages under Typological Aspect. - In: The Word and its Research Aspects, 6, Scientific Papers of Liepaja Teachers Training Academy, 2002, Liepaja,  pp. 53-62 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Main Regional Language Contacts of Latvian and Their Lexicographic Reflection. - Proc. 3rd Int. Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists, 2003, Lublin , Vol.II, pp. 375-380.
• E.Kagaine, A.Timuska. The role of the Geolinguistic Criterion at the Origin Analysis of Dialectal Fenno-Ugrisms in Latvian. - 4th Internat. Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Abstracts of Scholarly Papers, Riga, 28 July - 2 August, 2003, pp. 122-124 (in German).
• J. 'Svambaryte, A.Timuska. 4th Int. Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists /Review/. - In: Mother Tongue, 2003, N 9, Vilnius, pp. 23-25 (in Lithuanian).
• A.Timuska. Problems Reflecting Phraseological Units in the " Dialect Dictionary of Latvian". - In: Problems of Lexicography and Lexicology , 2003, Vilnius, pp. 114-118 ( in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Baltic Names for Wheels and Carriages: a tradition or a novelty? - In: Historical Scripts and Local Culture, Collection of scientific articles dedicated to the millenium of mentioning the name of Lithuania, 2004, Siauliai, Ryga, pp. 63-67 (in Latvian).
• A.Timuska. Names for Draw-well under Geolinguistic Aspect. - In: The Word and its Research Aspects, 8, Scientific Papers of Liepaja Teachers Training Academy, 2004, Liepaja, pp. 217-223 (in Latvian).

 Research Projects

• A.Timuska (Head of Project). Atlas Linguarum Europae. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1998).
• A.Timuska (Researcher). Dialectal Dictionaries of Latvian. Latvian Council of Science (long-term project).
• A.Timuska (Researcher). Dialects and Areal Studies of Latvian. Latvian Council of Science (long-term project).

Last update 03.01.2005