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THE KNOT SCRIPT – THE LOST WRITING SYSTEM OF THE LATVIAN LANGUAGE

2016

The article analyses a writing system of the Latvian language that has been scarcely researched before. The evidence of the usage of the knot script and song clews is present in the Latvian folklore, although it has been commonly considered as a metaphor. At the beginning of the 20th century there were individuals still using it prior to the conventional literacy increase due to the general education. Similar knot scripts can be found in several cultures around the globe. The article encompasses a study of previous researches and evidence in periodicals, Latvian community in Lithuania, education of commoners in Latvia, reciprocal comparison of the Latvian knot script writing systems, interv…

NOVCOJUSĪ LEKSIKA J. LANGIJA VĀRDNĪCĀ (1685): NAUDAS VIENĪBU NOSAUKUMI

2021

The Latvian language dictionary of J. Langius (1685) does not contain a large number of terms denoting monetary units – altogether there are 11 of them (ārtaugs, dālderis, diķis, eiduks, grosis, kauss, mārka, skatiks, sķiliņģis, vērdiņģis, zelta gabals), as well as some other money-related lexemes (e.g., sīknauda, vara nauda etc.) which are not designations of monetary units and therefore are not analyzed in this article. These lexemes are included in most 17–19th century dictionaries, and sometimes are borrowed from one dictionary into another. For instance, J. Langius has taken over the words included in the dictionary of G. Mancelius, but later J. Lange, in his turn, refers to J. Langius…

Contemporary Polish poetry for children

2021

This article mainly deals with the history of the contemporary Polish poetry for children (end of XX century — beginning of XXI). The author shows how contemporary children’s poetry is linked with the traditional one (and also some folklore forms), characterizes the creative styles of several contemporary poets (J. Twardowski, Z. Beszczynska, J. Kulmowa, W. Oszajca), and points out several breaks from the tradition. The author names two main streams in children’s contemporary poetry as “Lyric poetry” and “Playing with words”, and speaks in detail of their creative approaches and readers’ pragmatics. Especially interesting is the comparison of contemporary children’s poetry samples and the c…

Representation of Latvian Mithology in works of Hilda Vika

2013

The paper includes the study on activities of the Latvian painter and writer Hilda Vika - Eglīte (1897-1963) in the field of visual art (mostly painting) connected with Latvian mythology. Latvian myth characters and themes came into H. Vika’s creative work after 1930 when she married writer and reviewer Viktors Eglitis and resorted to “Dievturība” (Latvian Neopagan religious movement based on folklore, old folk songs and mythology). Actively and productively working H. Vika participated in numerous group art exhibitions. Her individual vision, decorative solutions of composition and stylized details brought in Latvian painting unusual and essentially different intonations being contemporary…

The Learned and the Common People. Two Traditions in the Latvian Mythology

2014

The present article follows the formation of a view on the Latvian mythology, distinctly different from the one that can be drawn from the analysis of the folklore texts. It can be concluded that the cause for this discrepancy is the attitude of the learned men authoring the different texts describing the mythology of the local people in more or less detail. They relied basically on writings of other authors instead of the living tradition itself, as any folkloristic or anthropological approach was yet the matter of far future. By repeating the data found in other written works, this information appears to be widely known and completely reliable. The ultimate collection of all the data is t…

Apmaldīšanās stāsti: priekšstati, interpretācija, stāstījuma poētika

2012

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Promocijas darbs

2007

Kognitīvā poētika latviešu dainās par ābeli: no formulas uz zīmi

2012

Musdienas folkloras tekstu publicejumu petijumos verojama tendence analizet tekstu mijiedarbiba ar adresatu, paradot, ka apzina veidojas valodiski un poetiski izprasta pasaules aina. Autores petijuma zinatniska novitate – tiek izmantotas kognitivas poetikas un semiotikas teoretiskas iespejas analizejot dainas par abeli un atsedzot tos poetiskas folkloras jedzieniskos slanus, kur paralelisms starp sievieti un abeli rosina zimes konvenciju brivu darbibu ta, ka valodas struktura rada paralelismu domašana: sievietes vieta liekot abelei uzburt miniaturu ainas no sievietes dzives. Autores pielietota metode, kas apvieno kognitivo poetiku ar strukturali semiotisko pieeju lauj akcentet abeles denota…

Auglība tradicionālajā un mūsdienu kultūrā Latvijā

2018

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Lelle kā fenomens Latvijas tradicionālajā un mūsdienu kultūrā

2016

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