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Jānis Endzelīns (1873–1961), an internationally recognized Latvian
linguist, is one of the greatest Baltists of all time.
UNESCO has included Endzelīns’s 150th birthday, February 22, 2023, in its
calendar of celebratory days. In honor of the special event, the exhibition
“Linguist Jānis Endzelīns – 150” was prepared in the Academic Library
of the...
This study examines metadiscourse markers across a corpus of Estonian and Lithuanian journal articles in the field of linguistics. We aim to 1) compare the global use of all the metadiscourse markers across the languages and texts, making distinctions between these languages and specific academic journals, and 2) to discern whether similar and/or d...
An important aspect of the creation of scientific text is metadiscourse — a combination of linguistic and rhetorical tools. The use of metadiscourse affects the relationship between the text’s author and reader, including attitudes about the text itself, creating a social act in which the text producer and recipient interact. This paper outlines th...
Rakstā apskatīti adīšanas lingvistiskie un tekstuālie aspekti starpkultūru un komunikatīvajā aspektā. Mūsdienās adīšana ir kļuvusi par populāru brīva laika nodarbi, par kuru jaunas zināšanas iegūst ne tikai no grāmatām vai tiešsaistes materiāliem, bet arī klātienē – adīšanas nometnēs, kurās ārzemju interesenti tiekas ar adīšanas meistariem no Latvi...
Die Wahl der Sprache(-n) in der Wissenschaft unterliegt verschiedenen Faktoren, und dies kann man in unterschiedlichen Kontexten betrachten. Wissenschaftspolitik, Verantwortung der publizierenden Wissenschaftler der Öffentlichkeit gegenüber, Entscheidungen der Herausgeber und Traditionen der wissenschaftlichen Disziplin spielen im Prozess des Publi...
Argumentation is an essential part of the research process and its linguistic representation. Argumentation, as well as the formation of appropriate wording requires that the author is familiar with different types of argumentation and the experience with their use to substantiate one's thoughts and statements in a proper scientific way. Until now,...
The paper outlines the linguistic and semiotic aspects of a specialty text – a knitting pattern. In today’s busy world, nobody wants to read long and complicated texts if it can be easier illustrated by a photograph or a charted image that uses a set of specific symbols with their own, non-arbitrary meanings to make a text reader’s time usage more...
Monogrāfijā ir apkopotas un izvērtētas starptautiskās un latviešu valodniecības un zinātniskās komunikācijas pētniecības atziņas par zinātnes valodu un ar to saistītajiem aspektiem, atspoguļots pētījums par latviešu zinātnisko rakstu makrostruktūru un mikrostruktūru un sniegti priekšlikumi un ieteikumi tālākajiem pētījumiem. Grāmatu veido sešas nod...
The aim of the paper is to show and describe the current situation in the Latvian scientific language based on a case study of the problem about the place of a national language and its existence in science in modern globalised time, when the dominance of English as the lingua franca of science grows. More specifically, the paper analyses the Novem...
Every discipline of science has its specifics, and this article strives to explore the specifics of the language used in social science articles written in Latvian. Social sciences affect how our society works; therefore, scientific findings could be important for policy decisions. The material analysed in this article is based on a qualitative ana...
Language for special purposes is in every aspect of life, even our cultural traditions and crafts. Often, cultural terms seem self-explanatory to the people within the source text culture, in this case, Latvians, and might be unknown to other cultures. There is often a goal to achieve perfect equivalency in translation, so there should be a transla...
Within the scientific discourse it is commonplace to write articles based on the IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). This structure is typical for the natural sciences (STEM) but scientists in other disciplines are also often required to use it. This paper looks at scientific texts in Latvian published from 2008 to 201...
Aim. To show and describe the current situation in Latvian language as a case study of the problem about the place of a national language and its existence in sciences in modern globalised times, when the dominance of English as the lingua franca of science grows.
Methods. A descriptive method, including literature review of language of science us...
