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Solvita Burr

Visiting Lecturer of Latvian

Contact Information

solvitap@uw.edu

206-370-2515

Personal Website

RAI 305 W

Office Hours: 

Abroad Autumn and Winter Quarter

Fields of Interest

Linguistic LandscapeBaltic StudiesLatvianApplied LinguisticsUrban StudiesVisual Culture

Research

Selected Research

• Pošeiko, S. (2018). Glocal Names in the Linguistic Landscape of the Baltic States. In: Multilingualism in the Baltic States: Social Discourses and Contact Phenomena (eds., S.Lazdiņa, H.F. Marten). Palgrave macmillan. pp. 369 - 405.
• Pošeiko, S. (2018). “Following footsteps of names”: Commercial Ergonymia in Linguistic Landscape of the Baltic Countries. In: Cotticelli Kurras, P., Alfredo Rizza, A. (eds., 2018). Language, Media and Economy in Virtual and Real Life. New perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 99–122.
• Pošeiko, S. (2018). The Linguistic Landscape as a Tool for Mastering and Improving Pragmatic Competence. In: Laiveniece, D. (ed.). Problems of and Perspectives on Language Acquisition. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 254–265. 
• Pošeiko, S. (2016). Images of Women in the Semiotic Landscape of the Baltic states. Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica. Rethinking genders, rethinking migration. Vol.17. No 3. pp. 111–128.
• Pošeiko, S. (2015). The Latvian language in the Linguistic Landscape of Daugavpils (The middle of the 19th century – nowadays). Journal of Education, Culture and Society 2. pp. 320–336.
• Pošeiko, Solvita (2015). Valodas un to funkcionalitāte publiskajā telpā: lingvistiskā ainava Baltijas valstīs.// Language and its functionality in the urban public space: Linguistic landscape of the Baltic states. Riga: LU. https://dspace.lu.lv/dspace/handle/7/31349 
• Marten, H.F., Lazdiņa, S., Pošeiko, S., Murinska, S. (2012). Between Old and New Killer Languages? Linguistic Transformation, Lingua Francas and Languages of Tourism in the Baltic States. In: C. Hélot, M. Barni, R. Janssens & C. Bagna (eds.) Linguistic Landscapes, Multilingualism and Social Change . Peter Lang, pp. 289–309.

Courses Taught

Spring 2021

• LATV 103 A: First Year Latvian 3
• LATV 113 A: Basic Latvian
• LATV 203 A: Second-Year Latvian
• SCAND 152 A: Latvian Literary and Cultural History

Winter 2021

• LATV 112 A: Basic Latvian
• LATV 202 A: Second-Year Latvian
• SCAND 152 A: Latvian Literary and Cultural History

Autumn 2020

• LATV 101 A: First Year Latvian 1
• LATV 111 A: Basic Latvian
• LATV 201 A: Second-Year Latvian

Spring 2019

• LATV 103 A: First Year Latvian 3
• LATV 113 A: Basic Latvian
• SCAND 152 A: Latvian Literary and Cultural History

Winter 2019

• LATV 102 A: First Year Latvian 2
• LATV 112 A: Basic Latvian
• SCAND 152 A: Latvian Literary and Cultural History

Autumn 2018

• LATV 101 A: First Year Latvian 1
• LATV 111 A: Basic Latvian

Additional Courses

LATV101 First year Latvian 1 (5 credits) 

LATV111 First year Latvian 1 (3 credits)

https://scandinavian.washington.edu/courses/2018/autumn/latv/101/a

 

Resources & Related Links

Linguistic Landscape Database

News & Events

Related News

• Solvita Burr publishes new book Ceļvedis pilsētu tekstu izpētē (A Guide to Exploring City Texts) - January 24, 2021
• Letter from the Chair - October 17, 2018
• Passion for Language - October 16, 2018

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