Jono Mačiulio-Maironio raštų rašyba ir kalba: Jauniaus sekėjo dinamika
The orthography and language of Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis' writings: The dynamics of Jaunius' follower

Summary/Abstract: The first books of Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis were written and published in the last decades of the nineteenth century. At that time standard language norms had not yet been chosen and a few standard language models were competing: (1) that of Kazimieras Jaunius (the Catholic periodicals relied on it); (2) that of secular periodicals; and (3) that of Jonas Basanavičius. The paper discusses the linguistic attitudes of Maironis and their evolution, Maironis’ response to the emerging norms of standard language. The research was based on Maironis’ sermon manuscripts, history books, and poetry publications. While studying in The Samogitian Theological Seminary in Kaunas, Maironis attended Kazimieras Jaunius’ classes of Lithuanian. Maironis, being an ordinary seminarian, started to follow the model Jaunius delineated in his lectures. Thus, Maironis initially based himself on Jaunius’ ideas of orthography and standardization in period of 1888–1891; his first book Apsakymai apie Lietuvos praeigą (1886 [1891]) attests to this.

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