Linguistics and Literary Studies

Grammar

Studies on grammar - theory of grammar, modern and historical grammar of the Latvian language, grammar and pragmatics.

Morphology

Studies on morphology – morphological theory, modern and historical morphology of the Latvian language, morphemics.

Morphophonology

Studies on morphophonology - interaction of morphology and phonology, morphological and word-formation functions of sound changes.

Stylistics

Studies on stylistics - theory of stylistics, stylistics of the Latvian language, including various types of language and the linguistic means used in them, the language of science and its features.

Language standardization

Research on language standardization  – theory and practice of standardization, use and standardization of the Latvian language in various linguistic forms.

Word-formation

Word-formation studies - theory of word-formation, word-formation system of the Latvian language, its functioning.

Editing

Editing and proofreading scientific texts, as well as creating a scientific bibliography and reference system.

Editing

Proofreading of Latvian texts, literary editing (spelling, punctuation, style correction, fact-checking) at a high level.

Agita Kazakeviča
(agita.kazakevica@lu.lv; https://lavi.lu.lv/en/home/)

Personal names in Latvia

Explanation of the origin and meaning of Latvian personal names (prefixes, surnames), consultations on the history of personal names, their rendering.

Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe
(renate.silina-pinke@lu.lv; https://lavi.lu.lv/en/home/)

Laimute Balode
(laimute.balode@lu.lv; https://lavi.lu.lv/en/home/)

Place names of Latvia

Explanation of the origin and meaning of Latvian place names, advice on the history of place names, their rendering.

Terminology

Advice on terminology, the history of terminology and terms.

Language history

Ancient Latvian texts, ancient word forms and meanings, transliteration of ancient texts (rendering in modern writing).

Grammar

Advice on the Latvian sound system, orthography, spelling, word formation, word forms, punctuation, sentence structure.

Language culture

Consultations on Latvian language expression style, spelling, orthography. 

Latgalian written language

Consultations on the history of Latgalian writing, modern spelling.

Latvian dialectology and geolinguistics

Explanation of the meaning and origin of place names (words used in a particular locality that are different from the literary language), clarification of the pronunciation of place names.

Phonetics of the Latvian dialects

Investigating the sound system of dialects using experimental phonetics methods.

Digital mapping of language

Digital mapping of Latvian place names, dialect materials, individual words, word forms.

Lexicography

Production of print and electronic editions of explanatory dictionaries.

Easy language

Explanation of the principles of easy language, translation of texts into easy language, advice on easy language issues.

Linguistic Landscape

Interpretation of regulatory documents on the use of language in public urban signs, evaluation and analysis of language use, advice on the creation of commercial names and advertisements.

Language Policy and Management

Study of language problems (including conflicts) at individual, group and national level, with emphasis on in-depth analysis of the intentions and strategies of the actors involved, development of recommendations to prevent or solve similar language problems in the future.

Language and Language-related Topics Acquisition

Development, review and content analysis of language teaching materials (representation of languages, countries, ethnic groups in teaching materials).

Family Language Planning and Management

Research on the choice, acquisition and use of languages by transnational families, especially in the Latvian diaspora (Europe, USA, New Zealand and Australia), development of recommendations for the preservation and development of ethnic heritage languages in the diaspora.

Lithuanian language

Comparison of Lithuanian and Latvian languages, translation. 

Literary and cultural history of Scandinavia/Nordic countries (mainly Sweden) and German-speaking countries, their contacts and influences in the Baltics. Translations.

Study of the characteristics of literary and cultural phenomena, identification of their interrelationships; existence and/or necessity of translations.

Finno-Ugric Linguistics (Finnougristics). Estonian, Livonian language and culture. Translation.

Grammatical evidentiality in Livonian language in the context of Latvian and Estonian languages, verb expressions, practical Estonian, Livonian language and culture research, translation.

Ērika Krautmane
(erika.krautmane@lu.lv; +371 67034912; 
https://www.hzf.lu.lv/en/about-us/departments/department-of-contrastive-linguistics-translation-and-interpreting/)

Contrastive linguistics (phenomena of Latvian and Norwegian languages' vocabulary and grammar), English borrowings in Latvian and Norwegian.

Study of grammatical and lexical phenomena in Norwegian and Latvian. Norwegian correspondences in Latvian. English correspondences in Latvian/Norwegian.

Slavonic, Russian studies, Bohemian

Research in the field of linguistics, subfield of Slavic (Czech) linguistics. Teaching Czech and Russian, participation in international research projects related to Slavic studies.

Applied aspects of modern lexicology 

Research on applied aspects of modern lexicology.

Linguistic pragmatics, speech variability

Studies related to linguistic pragmatics, speech variability in various communicative practices.

Translation and interpretation research

Different aspects of translation, strategies.

Bilingual lexicography

Creating dictionaries.

Language of advertising, transcreation of advertising, history of advertising. Translation criticism.

Advertising language features and advertising translation - adaptation, transcreation, advertising development; development of translation criticism in Latvia