CONFERENCE26.–28.06.2025.
10th international conference “Grammar and Corpora” organized by the project “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models (DLMDM)” is taking place in Riga, House of Science, University of Latvia, 3 Jelgava Street, programme: https://gcc.lu.lv/programme/programme/conference-programme/, book of abstracts https://gcc.lu.lv/programme/programme/book-of-abstracts/, see also https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/104125/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLPqghleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBYV3hNanRnTERzOFVmSVF3AR6z1REyarjQikrHmRPgI_IIVLhp79WwaJi4FlsRYJ3TMmm0Agd4zFt5klLGAQ_aem_iCBF4f7ABOcNSa5mirVmNQ
The DLMDM project is represented by the following papers:
Andra Kalnača, Tatjana Pakalne. Word-medial elements in Latvian compounds: A corpus-based study
Ieva Auziņa. The duplication of the Latvian prepositions caur ‘through’, pār ‘over, above’ and the adverbs cauri ‘through’, pāri ‘beyond’: A corpus-based analysis
11.06.2025.
Guest lecture by Professor Thomas Stolz of the University of Bremen “Proper proprial articles and their look-alikes: Towards a cross-linguistic stock-taking” (Kalpaks boulvard 4, Room 215, 13:00); the guest lecture is organized in collaboration with the projekt “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”, https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/103972/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLPqJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBYV3hNanRnTERzOFVmSVF3AR7XJxU4w5H3vniPUoX6CHuTSeiXHkx_nEDKPB9rXZA1jM3JMch-7sjt10OG7g_aem_bDQGgZjLihkyWgRMoSTBAQ
26.05.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
30.04.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
24.–26.04.2025.
Andra Kalnača and Ilze Lokmane have presented a paper “Compound Genitives in Latvian – Word-Formation, Functions and Semantics” at the 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe, University of Cambridge, UK, aabs-balticstudies.org/cbse-2025-at-cambridge/
04.04.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
26.03.2025.
Andras Kalnača's guest lecture & seminar “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models: ideas and expected results” at Stockholm University, www.su.se/department-of-slavic-and-baltic-studies-finnish-dutch-and-german/calendar/higher-seminar-in-baltic-studies-with-andra-kalna%C4%8Da-1.809179
20.–21.03.2025.
The 60th International Academic Conference in Honour of Prof. Arturs Ozols “The language system, morphemics and derivational morphology” organized by the project “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models (DLMDM)” is taking place in Riga, Kalpaks boulvard 4, University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies, programme and book of abstracts are available at: https://aok.2025.lu.lv/en/programma/programme/
The DLMDM project is represented by the following papers:
Anita Butāne. Daļējie vārddarināšanas kalki un hibrīdvārdi: kopīgais un atšķirīgais
Ieva Auziņa. Prepozīciju caur, pār un adverbu cauri, pāri dubultošana latviešu valodā
Laura Paula Jansone. Sarunvalodas vārddarināšanas īpatnības sociālajā tīklā „X”
Inta Urbanoviča. Salikteņu un vārdu savienojumu paronīmiskās attieksmes
Vanesa Balmane. Neoklasiskas cilmes salikteņi ar interfiksu -o- latviešu valodā
Tatjana Pakalne. Apstākļa vārdu ar formantu -i vārddarināšanas motivācija: korpusa dati
Milan Hoplíček. Darbības vārdu priedēkļu produktivitātes salīdzinājums latviešu un čehu valodā: aizgūti jaunvārdi
Daiki Horiguchi. Deverbālie salikteņi ar internacionāliem elementiem
Andra Kalnača, Ilze Lokmane. Latviešu valodas VAI partikulas un saikļa funkcijā
14.03.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
03.–04.03.2025.
Andra Kalnača, Tatjana Pakalne, and Kristīne Levāne-Petrova have presented a paper “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models: ideas and expected results” at “The Joint 25th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics and 11th Baltic Conference on Human Language Technologies (NoDaLiDa/Baltic-HLT 2025)”, Institute of Estonian Language, Tallinn, Estonia, www.nodalida-bhlt2025.eu/conference
20.–21.02.2025.
The University of Latvia's study festival "Universs@LU" is taking place. The Faculty of Humanities' section "Traveling in Languages and Different Cultures: Baltic Languages" also includes interactive participation of the project "Database of Latvian Language Morphemes and Derivational Models" (No. lzp-2022/1-0013), activities are organized by project participants Inta Urbanoviča and Paula Miķelsone, www.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/101733/, https://universs.lu.lv/programma/programma/
21.02.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
29.01.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
10.01.2025.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
06.12.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
05.12.2024.
The seminar "Latvian surnames and Latvian place names - origin, semantics and formation" of the project "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models (DLMDM)" (No. lzp-2022/1-0013) took place at the University of Latvia, Kalpaka boulevard 4, 1st floor conference hall, from 11.00-14.00. Dr. Pauls Balodis (University of Helsinki) presented a guest lecture "Etymological and semantic diversity of Latvian surnames", and Dr. Sanda Rapa (University of Latvia) - "Morphemic elements of Latvian place names", https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/100899/
07.11.2024.
The seminar "Morphology and language standardization" of the project "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models (DLMDM)" (No. lzp-2022/1-0013) took place at the University of Latvia, Kalpaka boulevard 4, 2nd floor conference hall, from 13.00-16.00. Dr. Sturla Berg-Olsen, Språkrådet (Norwegian Language Council), gave a guest lecture on "The two written languages of Norway and their standardization: orthography and morphology", https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/100412/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0YXZQohtm77abppV5Y00Sq9_2LGf2GCEPqzIw_F98TLI4SjGxstpgfzas_aem_L1lBe1gwLgs7Va95nAsALA
01.11.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
31.10.2024.
By the end of September 2024, 34428 lines containing lemma-level data have been manually corrected, put through the review process and accepted as valid, moving from the largest word families downwards for roots or non-segmentable stems semantically corresponding to the major parts-of-speech, i.e., verbs, nouns, adjectives, and including roots / stems semantically corresponding to other parts-of-speech, i.e., numerals, adverbs, prepositions, without word-family size-driven selection.
15.10.2024.
An information seminar on computational linguistics research at the Faculty of Humanities. Sarma Kļaviņa, an honorary doctor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Dr. philol., UL lecturer from 1967 to 2009 presents a historical perspective on the subject in a guest lecture “Mathematical, quantitative and computer linguistics in Latvia in the 20th century. 60s to 90s”, while DLMDM’s principal investigator Andra Kalnača, Inta Urbanoviča (project expert) and Paula Miķelsone (project participant) represent current research in progress, speaking, in particular, about the development of the “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models (DLMDM)” (No. lzp-2022/1-0013). The audience includes students of the BA study programme “Latvian Studies”, Faculty of Humanities UL, and the staff of the Humanities Library of the University of Latvia Library, https://www.facebook.com/latvistika.lu/posts/pfbid02rSsMJgA43BhjBPGZhH3tnyWqhiDYyrfBjZBvDeUKtVePDEtB62Gj9DFwjMQfYsXNl
4.–5.10.2024.
Anita Butāne has presented the paper "Loanblends in Latvian" at the 11th Baltic Student Conference “Bridges in the Baltics”, University of Vilnius, Lithuania, https://www.flf.vu.lt/en/faculty/news/baltic-student-conference-bridges-in-the-baltics.
04.10.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
27.09.2024.
The European Night of Scientists 2024 at the University of Latvia, https://www.lu.lv/zinatne/zinatne-un-sabiedriba/zinatnieku-nakts/2024/, where DLMDM presents visual materials and linguistic games “Learn how words and word families are made” to the public, as part of the section “Labyrinths of Language, Literature and Folklore” of the Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia (Zinātnes māja, Jelgavas iela 3, Riga). The project is represented, at the event, by Inta Urbanoviča, Anita Butāne and Paula Miķelsone, while Tatjana Pakalne and Milan Hoplíček have helped in the preparation of materials.
26.–28.09.2024.
Ieva Auziņa has presented the paper "About some unprefixed and prefixed verb connections with prepositions and adverbs in Latvian" at the international scientific conference "Spoken and written language: Synchrony and diachrony", University of Vilnius, Lithuania, www.jablonskio-konferencija.flf.vu.lt/en/
16.–20.09.2024.
Paula Miķelsone participates (online) in the "1st Summer School in Language Science and Technology", organized by the University of Warsaw, Poland, https://lst.ils.uw.edu.pl/en/summer-school/
08.–14.09.2024.
Andra Kalnača, Tatjana Pakalne and Ilze Lokmane have presented the paper "Prefixed nouns or compounds? An analysis of prefixal elements in Latvian nouns" at the 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, https://icl2024poznan.pl/?id=1. (Ilze Lokmane represented the National Research Programme "Letonika – Fostering a Latvian and European Society", project "Research on Modern Latvian Language and Development of Language Technology”.)
09.09.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
21.–24.08.2024.
Andra Kalnača and Tatjana Pakalne have preseted the paper "Creativity and regular productive word-formation: a case of the Latvian agentive suffix -tāj-" at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Helsinki University, Finland, https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2024/.
09.08.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
So far, word family membership of 31233 lemmas (32849 lines) has been manually validated. This includes correcting root allomorph definitions, defining hierarchical relations between interrelated roots, reviewing lemma group membership, revising morphemic segmentation, base forms and grammatical tagging of lemmas where necessary.
22.–26.07.2024.
Andra Kalnača participates in the 6th Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities organized by the National Library of Latvia "Large Language Models and Small Languages” (http://www.digitalhumanities.lv/bssdh/2024/).
21.–27.07.2024.
Inta Urbanoviča participates in the summer school of linguistics organized by Vilnius University "Academia Grammaticorum Salensis XXI" (https://www.academiasalensis.org/en/conference-and-summer-school/2024-summer-school/).
28.06.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
31.05.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
10.05.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
25.–26.04.2024.
Tatjana Pakalne, Kristīne Levāne-Petrova and Andra Kalnača have preseted a paper "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models" at the international scientific conference "Baltic Digital Humanities Forum", organized by the Institute of Literature, Folklora and Art, University of Latvia, Riga, UL (https://www.digitalhumanities.lv/baltic-dh-forum-2024/programme).
19.04.2024.
Public informative seminar of the project "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models” (No. lzp-2022/1-0013) with three lectures (https://www.hzf.lu.lv/par-mums/lu-mediji/zinas/zina/t/84025/), target audience – teachers of the Latvian language in the diaspora, etc. (Zoom live):
Andra Kalnača, Tatjana Pakalne. Projekta “Latviešu valodas morfēmu un vārddarināšanas modeļu datubāze” mērķis un īstenošana
Paula Kļaviņa, Vanesa Balmane. Datubāzes lemmu atlase un apstrāde
Inta Urbanoviča. Praktisku piemēru demonstrēšana
17.04.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
25.03.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
11.03.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
01.03.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
16.02.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
02.02.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
31.01.2024.
The 82nd international scientific conference of the University of Latvia, section of Latvian and general linguistics "Grammar and Electronic Resources of Language" (https://conferences.lu.lv/event/481/) took place. The section was jointly organized by four research projects (UL project “Latvian Studies, Diaspora and Intercultural Connections”, FH sub-project "Ideas in humanities – language, text, culture", two projects of the Latvian Research Council’s Fundamental and Applied Research programme – “Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models" (No. lzp-2022/1-0013, leader Prof. Dr. philol. Andra Kalnača), "Advancing Latvian computational lexical resources for natural language understanding and generation" (No. lzp-2022/1-0443, leader Assoc. Prof. Dr. philol. Ilze Lokmane), and the National Research Programme "Letonika – Fostering a Latvian and European Society", project "Research on Modern Latvian Language and Development of Language Technology” (No. VPP-LETONIKA-2021/1-0006, leader Dr. philol. Ilze Auziņa)).
The project “The Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models” was represented by the following papers:
Tatjana Pakalne. Galotnes un citi salikteņu daļu saistītājelementi latviešu valodā: vai interfiksi? LVK2018 dati
Daiki Horiguči. Nominālie salikteņi ar paš- latviešu valodā
Inta Urbanoviča, Paula Kļaviņa, Vanesa Balmane. Latviešu valodas morfēmu un vārddarināšanas modeļu datubāzes lemmu atlase
Andra Kalnača, Tatjana Pakalne. Latviešu valodas morfēmu datubāze – idejas un īstenošanas gaita
15.01.2024.
What has been done in the project “The Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models” so far:
invalid lemmas removed from the main database file;
initial automated and semi-automated lemma segmentation completed;
a development repository set up on GitHub with access to project participants;
preliminary automated generation of word families based on automatically segmented (unverified) roots performed;
manual correction of morphemic segmentation and word families started;
guidelines for manual morphemic segmentation of lemmas in development.
04.01.2024.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
11.12.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
27.11.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
13.11.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
03.11.2023.
Joint onsite meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
27.10.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
13.10.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project “The Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
05.–06.10.2023.
Andra Kalnača and Ilze Lokmane have presented the paper "The Latvian vocative – morphology and agreement" at the "Morfologiedagen 2023 / Morphology Days in the Low Countries 2023 (MiLC 2023)" (Universität Münster, Germany), www.uni-muenster.de/INP/internationales/morfologiedagen2023.html
20.–22.09.2023.
Andra Kalnača and Ilze Lokmane have presented the paper "Compound genitives and noun formation in Latvian" at the Linguistics Colloquium 58 "Linguistic Diversity in the World and for the World", University of Vilnius, Lithuania, www.lingcoll58.flf.vu.lt/en/call-for-papers/
08.09.2023.
Joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models”.
27.06.2023.
Andra Kalnača has presented the paper "The research of the Latvian synchronic linguistics at the Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia - experience of research programs and projects since 2021" at the 5th World Congress of Latvian Scientists, Section of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia. The paper also examines the implementation of the project "The Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models".
20.06.2023.
The second joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models” – discussing extraction of lemmas from the LVK2018.
09.05.2023.
The first joint online meeting of the participants of the project the "Database of Latvian Morphemes and Derivational Models” – discussing project guidelines, tasks, project timeline.
05.04.2023.
Project start – extraction of lemmas from the LVK2018, setting up project environment, beginning the development of automated data pre-processing and project documentation.