Central and Eastern European Survey
General Info
Department of Methodology of Latvian Language and Literature
University of Latvia
Type of Organisation: public
Number of Employees: Less than 10
Activities developed: Research, Education.
Department of Methodology of Latvian Language
and Literature is focusing efforts on research activities as well as
training and education activities in the field of Latvian language and
literature. The recent research project: " Prosodic and Vocalism Systems of
Standard Latvian and High Latvian Dialects". At the department the research
is being conducted in the field of pronunciation of Latvian sounds made by
non-Latvians residing in Latvia. The main achievements:
1) Determination of the phoneme system of High Latvian dialect and Standard
Latvian.
2) Pronunciation exercises intended for non-Latvians to improve their
pronunciation.
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