Emīlijas Soidas akadēmiskā darbība un zinātniskais mantojums
Academic work and scientific legacy of Emīlija Soida

Summary/Abstract: Dr. philol. Emīlija Soida (1924–1989) is one of the caryatids of the post-war Latvian linguistics. She established a morphology course of Latvian literary language in the University of Latvia and lectured it herself for thirty four years, as well as laid the foundation for word-formation as a permanent branch of Latvian linguistics. Jūlijs Kārkliņš, Emīlija Soida, Marta Rudzīte and Alīse Laua were the first linguists of the post-war era, who in the beginning of the 50-ties of the 20th century produced and defended dissertations and obtained academic degree in Latvian linguistics. The article outlines the versatile activities of Soida within the Department of Latvian Language and the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Latvia from 1953 till 1989. Those included research of the morphology and word-formation of Latvian language, acquisition of general linguistics, in particular, history of linguistic thought, as well as the responsibilities of the Head of Department (1976–1987) and the Deputy Dean of the Faculty (1955–1961). The article provides an insight into the bibliography of the works published by Soida: academic publications, textbooks and study aids for university and secondary school.

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