LTReikšminiai žodžiai: B. Forsmann; Gramatika; Kazys Ulvydas; Semantinis tyrimas; Semantinė klasifikacija; Vietos prieveiksmiai; Vietos prieveiksmis; Adverb of place; Arverbs of place; B. Forssman; Grammar; Kazys Ulvydas; Semantic classification; Semantic research.
ENSemantic investigations of adverbs of place in Lithuanian started in 1653, when in the first grammar of the Lithuanian language Danielius Kleinas offered a classification of adverbs of place that consisted of four semantic groups: 1) In Loco; 2) De Loco; 3) Per Locum; 4) Ad Locum. This semantic division remained unchanged for over two centuries, i.e. 17th – 18th century. The comparative-historical method that was introduced in the 19th century influenced Lithuanian linguistics and, as a result, such figures as A. Šleicheris, the author of the first theoretical Lithuanian language grammar and F. Kuršaitis, another author of an important grammar volume focused more on the origin of adverbs (of place) rather than their semantics. The 20th century in Lithuanian linguistics had still retained some reverberations of the 19th century, the author of the first standard Lithuanian grammar J. Jablonskis still pays more attention to the origin of adverbs of place and not its meanings. [...]. [From the publication]