Baltisztika? Baltisztika! Baltisztika
Baltic Studies
Author(s): Endre BojtárSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Baltic studies; Latvia; Lithuania; comparative linguistics; history; Europe; Crusades; Reformation
Summary/Abstract: Why are Baltic nations worth studying? Linguistics, especially comparative Indo-German studies can hardly be conceived without some knowledge of the most archaic Indo-German languages, like Latvian and Lithuanian. As Antoine Meillet once stated, anybody interested in the language of our ancestors should listen to the speech of Lithuanian peasants. Similarly, many important historical phenomena like the Crusades or the Reformation cannot be understood without their Baltic ties.
Journal: Korunk
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 3-9
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Hungarian