Research and publications
At the moment, I am mostly focusing on inflectional categories of early Germanic, especially Gothic. I am also working on the morphosyntax of definiteness, the development of aspectual markers in Lithuanian and some grammaticalisation phenomena in the history of English. My extant publications can be downloaded below. Non-open access work is available in draft form; the final published versions can be accessed via a link to the publisher's web page.
CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS
- Linearisation of possessives in Gothic
- The assignment of definiteness: A morphosyntactic conundrum
FORTHCOMING
- Ratkus, Artūras. 2020. The (non-)existence of the middle voice in Gothic: In search of a mirage
Academic publications:
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Author(s) | Title | Publication details | Link | |
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| 2009 | Ratkus, Artūras | The Greek sources of the Gothic Bible translation | Vertimo studijos 2: 37–53 |
 ratkus_2009_2.37-53.pdf |
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| 2009 | Ratkus, Artūras | On some morphological properties of the adjective in Gothic | Kalbotyra 61(3): 85–101 |
ratkus_2009_61_p.85-101.pdf |
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| 2013 | Ratkus, Artūras | Gotų kalbos bevardės giminės būdvardžių galūnių kaita | Kalbotyra 65: 70–89 |
ratkus_2013.pdf |
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| 2015 | Ratkus, Artūras | Gothic possessives, adjectives, and other modifiers in -ata | Journal of Germanic Linguistics 27(3): 238–307 |
ratkus_2015_-ata_pre-final.pdf |
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| 2016 | Ratkus, Artūras | Patterns of linear correspondence in the Gothic Bible translation: The case of the adjective | Vertimo studijos 9: 38–55 |
ratkus_2016_patterns.pdf |
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| 2016 | (transl.) Ratkus, Artūras | Passive constructions in Lithuanian: Selected works of Emma Geniušienė. Edited by Anna Kibort and Nijolė Maskaliūnienė. | Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company | ||
| 2017 | Ratkus, Artūras | Features of the Gothic adjective, with special reference to determination | Jakovenko, Ekaterina B. (ed.) Lingua Gotica: Novye issledovanija 3. 103–115. Moscow: Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation |
arturas_ratkus_2017_det.pdf |
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| 2018 | Ratkus, Artūras | Greek ἀρχιερεύς in Gothic translation: Linguistics and theology at a crossroads | NOWELE 71(1): 3–34 |
ratkus_13_mar_2018_arkhiereus.pdf |
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| 2018 | Ratkus, Artūras | Weak adjectives need not be definite: The evidence of variation in Gothic | Indogermanische Forschungen 123: 27–64 | ||
| 2018 | Ratkus, Artūras | This is not the same: the ambiguity of a Gothic adjective | Folia Linguistica Historica 39(2): 475–494 |
In addition to academic publications, I have published journalistic articles – mostly reviews – for Muzikos barai ('Music Matters'), the principal journal of classical music in Lithuania (see below).
Journalistic articles and other:
(originally published in Lithuanian)
- 2010 “Murray Perahia: Piano, Music, Art”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 1–2, Vilnius.
- 2007 “Tosca at Covent Garden”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 7–8. Vilnius.
- 2007 “The Birth of a New Horowitz?”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 7–8. Vilnius.
- 2007 “Anderszewski”s Incredible Mozart”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 7–8. Vilnius.
- 2007 “Pianist Evelina Puzaitė at the Wigmore Hall”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 3–4. Vilnius.
- 2005 “Well-tempered Saint-Saëns”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 5–6. Vilnius.
- 2005 “Interview with Pianist Philippe Giusiano”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 5–6. Vilnius.
- 2005 “Rachmaninov Concerti at the National Philharmonic”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 5–6. Vilnius.
- 2005 “An Ode to One Masterpiece: Piano Concerto No.3 by Sergei Rachmaninov”, in journal Muzikos barai, No. 1–2. Vilnius.
ELT:
As an avid teacher of English, I am currently putting together a graded practice book intended as an aid to students and teachers of English as a foreign language. It is provisionally entitled The Grammar Activator.