BA_MgL1 Lithuanian Language Structure Advanced Course I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Nina Kapušová (lecturer)
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge of Lithuanian language.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The first part of the two-semester cycle, in which an advanced knowledge of Lithuanian language is assumed. The aim of this course is to deepen their knowledge of Lithuanian morphology and syntax. Students will become familiar with the system of nominal and verbal derivation, with the creation and usage of more complex syntactic structures, such as participles, transgressives and gerunds. They will also be introduced to work with a morphologically and syntactically annotated corpus of Lithuanian.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
- describe the word-formation in Lithuanian;
- describe complex syntactic structures of Lithuanian;
- to become familiar with corpus linguistics;
- handle basic work with Lithuanian corpora.
Syllabus
  • Morphology:
  • morphology of nouns and verbs;
  • word formation of nouns and verbs;
  • derivation and composition;
  • morphology of participles, transgressives and gerunds;
  • Syntax:
  • basic syntactical relations;
  • personal and impersonal sentences;
  • simple and compound sentences;
  • subordinate and coordinate clauses;
  • syntactical functions of participles, transgressives and gerunds;
  • Introduction to Corpus Linguistics:
  • terminology and basic concepts;
  • current researches based on corpus analysis;
  • example of work with a morphologically annotated corpus of Lithuanian;
  • example of work with a syntactically annotated corpus of Lithuanian.
Literature
    required literature
  • Keinys (1999): Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodžių daryba
  • Balkevičius (1998): Lietuvių kalbos predikatinių konstrukcijų sintaksė
  • Klimas (1993): Lietuvių kalbos dalyvių vartosena
  • Sližienė (1994-2004): Lietuvių kalbos veiksmažodžių junglumo žodynas
  • Judžentis (2012): Lietuvių kalbos gramatinės kategorijos
  • Bučienė (2014): Lietuvių kalbos sintaksė: Teorija ir praktika I (mokomoji knyga)
  • HOLVOET, Axel. Bendrosios sintaksės pagrindai. Vinius: Vilniaus universitetas, 2009, 182 stran. ISBN 9786099512600. info
  • URBUTIS, Vincas. Žodžių darybos teorija. 2-asis leidimas. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2009, 390 s. ISBN 9785420016435. info
  • AMBRAZAS, Vytautas. Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos gramatika. 4-oji, pataisyta laida. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005, 742 s. ISBN 5420015668. info
  • LABUTIS, Vitas. Lietuvių kalbos sintaksė. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 1994, 128 s. ISBN 9986190010. info
  • LABUTIS, Vitas. Lietuvių kalbos sintaksė. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 1994, 114 s. ISBN 9986190010. info
    recommended literature
  • Kennedy (1998): An introduction to corpus linguistics
  • Ambrazas (2006): Lietuvių kalbos istorinė sintaksė
  • Corpus linguistics : an international handbook. Edited by Anke Lüdeling - Merja Kytö. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009, 1 online. ISBN 9783110213881. URL info
  • TEUBERT, Wolfgang and Anna ČERMÁKOVÁ. Corpus linguistics : a short introduction. New York: Continuum, 2007, vi, 153. ISBN 9780826494818. info
  • VALIULYTE, Elena. Syntactis synonyms in modern Lithuanian :local, temporal and causal relations. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopediju leidybos institutas, 1998, 426 s. ISBN 5-420-01417-3. info
  • MCENERY, Tony and Andrew WILSON. Corpus linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996, 209 s. ISBN 0748604820. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, individual reading, discussions.
Assessment methods
Work at seminars, individual reading, active participation in discussions on different texts. A final assessment is a paper in which the student presents the content of a chosen linguistic article related to one of the discussed topics.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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