Tradicija ir naujovės „Kalbos kultūroje“
Tradition and innovation in the "Kalbos kultūra"

Summary/Abstract: The article gives an overview of 80 volumes of the Kalbos kultūra which was founded in 1961. The journal was the first periodical in post-war Lithuania which focused exclusively on problems of practical language use. The journal established and consolidated major norm setting priorities of standard language and the tactics of language culture. The changes in the publication’s priorities were determined by external factors. In 1990 the monthly journal Gimtoji Kalba was re-established; from the very start it focused on the practical language use, which is why the Kalbos kultūra adopted a more theoretical viewpoint and shifted to more general issues of language culture. Continuing the age-old moderate norm setting tradition, the Kalbos kultūra provides evaluation and recommendations on different language phenomena, deals with the contemporary language use and problems concerned with the impact of new technologies on language. The relationships between language and society are among today’s top priorities. Also linguists attempt to identify reasons why sometimes the dialogue between linguists and language users is not very successful.

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