Research Interests: dialectology, phonology, phonetics, pronunciation, accentuation, language culture, adult education, language training, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, european cultural studies.

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Education: 1961-1972 - Secondary School, 1972-1977- Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University (Lithuania), acquired the qualification of a philologist and a teacher of Lithuanian, 1978-1983 - post-graduate studies, Vilnius University, 1984- defended Doctorat of Humanities dissertation “Phonological System of Northern Panevėžys: Prosody and Vocalism”.

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Pedagogic Experience: position at Šiauliai University since 1977; 1986-1992 - associate professor at the Lithuanian Language Department, 2004 - professor at Šiauliai University, different disciplines of Lithuanian are taught to Lithuanian students: phonetics and phonology, history of Baltic languages, dialectology whereas Lithuanian and civilisation to foreign students, etc.; lectures are given at the Continuing Studies Institute of Šiauliai University and Third-Age University in Šiauliai.Since 2008 - professor at Department European Cultural Studies at University Matej Bel (Slovakia)

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Administrative Experience: 1992-1996 - Head of the Department of Teaching Lithuanian; 1996-2005 - Dean of the Faculty of Humanities; 1999-2009 - Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Third-Age University in Šiauliai.

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Internships and Work Abroad: 1987-1990 lecturer of Lithuanian at Sorbona University Paris–3; 1992- trainee at the Grenoble Training College (IUFM), 1994 trainee at Paris-3, 2006 - Versailles Pedagogic Academy (Erasmus/ Socrates exchange lecturer), 2007 - trainee at Istituto Internazionale per lo Studio dei Problemi della Gioventù Contemporanea (Roma), 2008-University Matej Bel (Erasmus/ Socrates exchange lecturer).

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Participation in Projects: BIBLIONOVA (creation and testing of the educational method of information ability and self-sufficient learning in a learning region), MOKOM (creation of the administrative, informational, and methodical scientific competence system), JONIŠKIS SUB-DIALECT DICTIONARY (work on the sub-dialect dictionary), SAKYTINES KALBOS TEKSTYNAS (Corpora of Spoken Language).

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Other Activities: member of SIGD (International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics), member of GRAPEV (Groupe de Recherche et d’Action sur la Politique Européenne de Voisinage), board member of the Division „Salduvė” of the Lithuanian Scientific Society, board member of Šiauliai University, senate member of Šiauliai University, member of Šiauliai UNESCO Club, member of Šiauliai Rotary Club “Harmonija”, member of the Lithuanian-French Association, member of editors board of publications on language „Valoda” (Daugavpils University, Latvia), „Kalbos aktualijos” (Šiauliai University), member of Lithuanian Language teachers association, expert of the international scientific databases „Lituanistika”.

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Publications: Monographs “The phonological Features of the North-Aukštaitian dialect of Panevėžys” (Šiaurės panevėžiškių fonologijos bruožai), 2006; Study books (1993, 1995, 2006, 2008), numerous (more than 70) linguistic articles author.