Assist. Prof. Nina Ledinek, Ph. D.
Senior research associate at Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU and assistant professor at linguistic module at Podstgraduate school ZRC SAZU.
01 4706 178
nina.ledinek@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Nina Ledinek (born 27 September 1980) is a researcher in the Department of Lexicology. Her research focuses on contemporary lexicography and lexicology, terminology, and corpus linguistics. She is involved in the development of the 3rd edition of the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language (eSSKJ; 2016–) and The School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language. She also answers questions on the Language Advisory Service site. She is a member of the editorial boards of the Fran, Franček, and Franja dictionary portals.
Research Areas
- lexicography
- lexicology
- terminology
- corpus linguistics
- corpus annotation
Education, Academic and Scientific Titles
- 2024–: assistant professor of the Slovenian Language, Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
- 2024–: senior research associate, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
- 2014–2024: Research Fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
- 2010: PhD: Slovenska skladnja v skladenjsko označenih korpusih slovenščine (Slovenian syntax and syntactically annotated corpora of the Slovenian Language), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2007–2010: Teaching assistant, School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica
- 2005: BA degree in Slovenian Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 1999: exit examination, Gimnazija Velenje, Velenje
- 1999: exit examination, Music School Fran Korun Koželjski, Velenje
Employments, Leadership Positions and Competences
Employments
- 2019–2020: temporary employment, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2008: temporary employment, School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica
- 2007–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
Leadership Positions
- 2024–: deputy head of the Department of Lexicology
- 2024–2025: head of the project Share the dictionaries: Fran and Franček dictionary portals
- 2024–2025: deputy head of the program and organizing committee of the international scientific symposium and events on International Dictionary Day
- 2023–2025: coordinator of the project Second comprehensive language policy survey on the needs of language users in Slovenia and users of Slovenian in neighbouring countries and worldwide
- 2023: head of the project eSSKJ and the corpus – on the way to state-of-the-art language data
- 2017–2021: coordinator of linguists in the project Franček Web Portal, Language Counselling for Teachers of the Slovenian Language and Primary School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language (funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia)
- 2016–2017: coordinator of language description and language infrastructure group of the target research project Language Policy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Needs of Users
- 2014–: representative of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts at the CLARIN.si research infrastructure
- 2012–2020: head of the Department of Lexicology of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
Supervision
- 2019–2023: PhD supervision: Dejan Gabrovšek
Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions
- 2024–: member of the editorial board of the Franja dictionary portal
- 2021–: member of the editorial board of the Franček dictionary portal
- 2019–: member of the program and organizing committee of the international scientific symposium and events on International Dictionary Day
- 2019–: member of the PhD study monitoring commission, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2014–: member of the editorial board of eSSKJ
- 2014–: member of the editorial board of the Fran dictionary portal
Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants
- 2012–: co-author and co-editor of general monolingual dictionaries of the Slovenian language (SNB, SSKJ2, eSSKJ)
- 2007: co-author of the JOS corpus annotation system
- 2006: co-author of the first syntactically annotated corpus of the Slovenian language Slovene
Projects
- 2009–: The Slovenian Language in Synchronic and Diachronic Development
- 2026–: Linguistic Variation in Croatian Early Modern Books (Based on a Corpus of Gospels)
- 2024–2025: Share the dictionaries: Fran and Franček dictionary portals
- 2023–2026: Adaptive Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models (PoVeJMo)
- 2023–2025: Second comprehensive language policy survey on the needs of language users in Slovenia and users of Slovenian in neighbouring countries and worldwide
- 2023: eSSKJ and the corpus – on the way to state-of-the-art language data
- 2022–2023: Multilingual Dictionary for the Field of Geoinformatics
- 2022: Language Portals for Everyone: Fran, Franček, Terminologišče, Language Consulting Service
- 2021–2024: Formant Combinatorics in Slovenian
- 2021–2022: A comprehensive service for users of the Slovenian language: Fran, Franček and the Language Counselling
- 2020–2023: Development of Slovene in a Digital Environment
- 2020–2021: FRAN Portal: Expansion of Resources and Design and Technical Renovation by 2021
- 2017–: Franček Web Portal, Language Counselling for Teachers of the Slovenian Language and Primary School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language
- 2016–2017: Language Policy of the Republic of Slovenia and the Needs of Users
- 2015: Language Resources on the Web: the Possible Ways of Using the Fran Portal
- 2014: The linguistic landscape in Slovenia and current legislative provisions: Use of Slovenian in naming companies, legal entities, and natural persons operating registered businesses (a sociolinguistic perspective)
- 2011–2014: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Terminology and Terminography in Connection with Internet Terminological resources
- 2011: Communication in Slovene
- 2008–2011: Slovenian Terminology in Connection with Internet Language Resources
- 2007: Linguistic Annotation of the Slovenian Language: Methods and Resources
Selected publications
- 2016–: eSSKJ: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika, Nina Ledinek (Nina Ledinek (glavna sourednica, soavtorica))
- 2025: Korpusna analiza izbranih somatskih frazemov s sestavino roka (Irena Stramljič Breznik, Nina Ledinek)
- 2025: Diapazon stopenj determinologizacije leksemov v najnovejših splošnih razlagalnih slovarjih slovenščine, češčine in slovaščine (Nina Ledinek, Mija Michelizza)
- 2025: Druga celovita jezikovnopolitična raziskava o potrebah jezikovnih uporabnikov v RS in uporabnikov slovenščine v sosednjih državah in po svetu: metodološki oris raziskave (Ahačič, Kozma, Divjak Race, Duša, Gliha Komac, Nataša, Ježovnik, Janoš, Ledinek, Nina, Michelizza, Mija)
- 2024: Semantic information on the Franček educational language portal for Slovenian (Andrej Perdih, Ahačič, Kozma, Jakop, Nataša, Ledinek, Nina, Petric žižić, Špela)
- 2023: Didaktično gradivo na portalu Franček (Lara Godec Soršak, Nina Ledinek, Niki Bizjak, Alenka Rot Vrhovec)
- 2023: Korpus šolskih besedil slovenskega jezika: zasnova in gradnja (Nina Ledinek, Mitja Trojar)
- 2022: Enobesedne in večbesedne leksikalne enote v slovenščini: opredelitev meje za potrebe izdelave eSSKJ (Nina Ledinek, Andrej Perdih)
- 2022: Presenting and linking grammatical data on the Franček educational language portal (Nina Ledinek, Kozma Ahačič, Špela Petric Žižić)
- 2021: Med terminologijo in splošno leksiko: determinologizacija in z njo povezane slovaropisne ter uporabniške dileme (Mojca Žagar Karer, Nina Ledinek)
- 2019: Spol v slovenskih enojezičnih splošnih razlagalnih slovarjih kot slovnična in družbena kategorija (Nina Ledinek)
- 2015: Obravnava izhodiščno terminološke leksike v novem slovarju slovenskega knjižnega jezika (Nina Ledinek)
- 2015: Fran: the next generation Slovenian dictionary portal (Kozma Ahačič, Nina Ledinek, Andrej Perdih)
- 2014: Slovenska skladnja v oblikoskladenjsko in skladenjsko označenih korpusih slovenščine (Nina Ledinek)
- 2014: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika: 2., dopolnjena in deloma prenovljena izdaja (Nina Ledinek (sourednica))

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES
Corpus linguistics and the use of language technologies in lexicography
Assoc. Prof. Darja Fišer, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Etymological and dialectological approach to lexicology and lexicography
Prof. Jožica Škofic, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Historical lexicology, historical lexicography and historical grammar
Assist. Prof. Andreja Legan Ravnikar, Ph.D.,
Asst. Prof. Alenka Jelovšek, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Lexicology, lexicography and grammaticography (history, introduction, didactics)
Assoc. Prof. Kozma Ahačič, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Lexicology, lexicography, contemporary grammar
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Jakop, Ph.D.,
Prof. Andreja Žele, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Linguistic normativity and the sociolinguistic aspect of dictionaries, grammars and orthographic dictionaries
Assist. Prof. Nataša Gliha Komac, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. Helena Dobrovoljc, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6
Phraseology and paremiology
Asst. Prof. Matej Meterc, Ph. D. ,
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Jakop, Ph.D.,
ECTS: 6
Terminology and terminography
Assist. Prof. Mojca Žagar Karer, Ph. D. ,
Assist. Prof. Mateja Jemec Tomazin, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6


