Kazimieras Garšva

Kazimieras Garšva

Kazimieras Garšva (born November 11, 1950 in Linkuva, near Pakruojis) is a Lithuanian linguist, and the leader of the controversial "Vilnija" organisation.

Biography

From 1968 to 1973 Garšva studied philology and Lithuanian literature at Vilnius University, and from 1973 to 1976 he was a student at Moscow State University. In 1977 he received a Ph.D for his doctoral thesis "Priegaidės fonologinėje sistemoje (remiantis lietuvių kalbos medžiaga)" ("Vowels in the phonetic system (using lithuanian language material)"). Since 1993 he has held the title "Habilitated Doctor of Humanities". [http://www.lki.lt/index.php?asm=305]

Since 1973, Garšva has worked at the Institute of the Lithuanian language. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 5 booksFact|date=August 2008. Garšva is a coauthor of "Grammar of Contemporary Lithuanian Language", published in three successive editions. [http://www.lki.lt/index.php?asm=305]

He is the leader of the controversial organisation "Vilnija", a Lithuanian extremist and nationalistic organization.en icon cite book | author =Cas Mudde | coauthors = | title =Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe | year =2005 | editor = | pages =151 | chapter = | chapterurl = | publisher =Routledge (UK) | location =London | id =ISBN 0415355931 | url =http://books.google.com/books?id=YB-ZwiBf5HgC&pg=RA9-PA151&lpg=RA9-PA151&ots=wmhEhEojjt&sig=sJCh55Q77TuGYf4gfM5gbZm2DHg | format = | accessdate = ] [pl icon Gazeta Wyborcza, 2001-02-14, " [http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/swiat/1,34175,151474.html Litewska prokuratura przesłuchuje weteranów AK"] (Lithuanian prosecutor questioning AK veterans), last accessed on 7 June 2006] ] en icon cite web | author=Karolina Bielenin, dr Jarosław Tomasiewicz | title=Polish Minority in Lithuania | publisher=Stowarzyszenie na rzecz Wielości Kultur | year= | work=zaKORZENIEnie | url=http://zakorzenianie.most.org.pl/english/04.htm | accessdate=2007-01-13 ] pl iconcite journal | author =Katarzyna Zuchowicz | year = | month = | title =Pół wieku z polskim słowem (Half a Century With a Polish Word) | journal =Rzeczpospolita | volume = | issue =2003-07-16 | pages = | id = | url =http://www.mfa.gov.pl/index.php?page=5682&lang_id=pl&bulletin_id=11&portlet=biuletyn%2Fpokaz | format = | accessdate =2007-01-13 , cited on the official page of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs] pl icon cite journal | author =Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | year =2006 | month =10 | title ="Ustawa o języku państwowym" (Statue on national language) - commentary on Vincas Urbutis article "Debaty nad ustawą o języku (Debates on the Language Act) " in Lietuvos Aidas, 04 – 07.10 | journal =Media zagraniczne o Polsce (Foreign Media on Poland) | volume =XV | issue =200/37062 | pages = | id = | url =http://www.mfa.gov.pl/index.php?page=9370&lang_id=pl&bulletin_id=8&portlet=biuletyn%2Fpokaz | format = | accessdate =2006-01-20 ]

Academic fields of interest

* Dialects of the Lithuanian language
* Phonetics of the Lithuanian language
* Etymology of Lithuanian names
* The history of the Lithuanian language

Political activities

* Criticism of Polish minority in Lithuania and past and current Polish-Lithuanian relations, particularly the actions of Polish partisans (Armia Krajowa) in Lithuania during the Second World War. His statements and publications related to those issue, especially with respect to language issues, are seen as controversial, particularly in Poland.pl icon cite journal | author = | year =2005 | month =November | title =Uknuli prowokację | journal =Tygodnik Wileńszczyzny | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url =http://www.tygodnik.lt/200511/aktualia.html | format = | accessdate =2007-01-15 ] pl icon cite journal | author =Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | year =2006 | month =10 | title ="Antypolski tekst K. Garsvy" (Anti-polish text by K. Garsva)". Commentary on K. Garsva article "Kiedy na Wileńszczyźnie będzie wprowadzone zarządzanie bezpośrednie? (When Vilnius region will have direct self-government?)" in Lietuvos Aidas, 11 -12.10 | journal =Media zagraniczne o Polsce (Foreign Media on Poland) | volume =XV | issue =200/37062 | pages = | id = | url =http://www.mfa.gov.pl/index.php?page=9370&lang_id=pl&bulletin_id=8&portlet=biuletyn%2Fpokaz | format = | accessdate =2006-01-20 ]

Recent publications

#Kazimieras Garšva. Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos ir tarmių balsių e•, e tartis.–Pranešimas KTU konferencijoje 2003-10-17 Kalbos teorija ir praktika.
#Kazimieras Garšva. Lietuvių kalbos prozodemos.–Pranešimas Vilniaus universiteto Kauno Humanitarinio fakulteto tarptautinėje konferencijoje 2003-05-22.
#Kazimieras Garšva. Zietelos ir Ciskodo lietuvių šnektos.– Pranešimas Liepojoje 2003-11-21 tarptautinėje konferencijoje Vārds und tā pētīšanas aspekti.
#Kazimieras Garšva. The Method of Experimental Alternation in Dialectology. –4th Interational Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Abstracts of Scholarly papers, ISBN 9984-742-08-3. Riga, 2003 m. liepos 28–rugpjūčio 2 d. Pranešimas.
#Kazimieras Garšva. Latvijos lietuvių uteniškių šnektos. –Kazimieras Jaunius (1848–1908). Tarmėtyrininkas ir kalbos istorikas. Konferencijos pranešimų tezės. Vilnius, 2003 m. gegužės 21–23 d., p. 20–22
#Kazimieras Garšva. The Method of Experimental Alternation in Dialectology.–4th Interational Congress of Dialectologists and Geolinguists. Abstracts of Scholarly papers, ISBN 9984-742-08-3. Riga, 2003 m. liepos 28–rugpjūčio 2 d., p. 120–121.
#R. Endzelytė, K. Garšva. Šiaurės panevėžiškių pasaulėžiūra Linkuvos parapijos vardyne.– Pasaulio vaizdas kalboje. Tarptautinė Šiaulių universiteto konferencija. ŠU, 2002, p. 11.
#K. Garšva. Antrųjų rytiečių nekirčiuoti balsiai nuo Antano Baranausko iki šiol. – Tarptautinė konferencija "Vyskupas Antanas Baranauskas: asmenybė ir aplinka." Vilnius, 2002.

References

External links

* [http://www.lki.lt/index.php?asm=305 Brief biography and bibliography]


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