Oddelek: LEXICOLOGY, LEXICOGRAPHY, GRAMMATICOGRAPHY

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

Study Subjects
Calendar
Enrolment

Asst. Prof. Mija Michelizza, Ph. D.

Research Associate at Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU and assistant professor at linguistic module at Podstgraduate school ZRC SAZU.


+386 1 470 64 30
mija.michelizza@zrc-sazu.si

Mija Michelizza (17 January 1981) is a researcher at the Department of Lexicology of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. Her research work mainly focusses on the contemporary lexicology and lexicography, also in relation to the innovations brought by the Internet and other electronic media, language consulting and determinologized lexis in general explanatory dictionaries.

 

She is a lexicographer participating in the making of the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 3rd Edition (eSSKJ). She is a member of the editorial board of the Language Consulting (Jezikovna svetovalnica) and heads the Section for Lexis at the Association of Slavic Societies of Slovenia (ZDSDS), which celebrates the International Dictionary Day on 16 October each year.

 

Research Area

  • lexicology and lexicography
  • neology and neography
  • Internet linguistics
  • language consulting
  • terminology

 

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

  • 2024–: assistant professor of linguistics, Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
  • 2015–: research fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
  • 2011: PhD thesis: Vloga in pomen spletnih besedil v slovenščini (The role and importance of web texts in Slovenian), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2006: BA degrees in Slovenian Language and Literature and Spanish Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 1999: matura exam, Gimnazija Tolmin, Tolmin

 

Employments

  • 2006–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language


Main visiting appointments

Paris (2025), Sarajevo (2024), Wrocław (2023), Zagreb (2022, 2020), Belgrade (one-month study visit, 2024; 2022, 2021, 2018), Prague (bilateral project Mobility Plus 2024–2025, 2019), Luxembourg (2017), Valladolid (2010), Hamburg (2009), Pisa (one-month study visit, 2009), Klagenfurt (2008)


Leadership Positions:

  • 2019–: head of the Program and Organizational Committee for Events on International Dictionary Day; Section for Lexis at the Association of Slavic Societies of Slovenia and ZRC SAZU
  • 2018– : head of the Section for Lexis at the Association of Slavic Societies of Slovenia (ZDSDS)
  • 2017–: coordinator of terminological reviews in the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 3rd Edition (eSSKJ)
  • 2016–: coordinator of lexicographical work in the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 3rd Edition (eSSKJ)
  • Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions:
  • 2024–: editor of the international journal Slovenski jezik / Slovene Linguistic Studies
  • 2024: member of the programme board of the conference Novorečje (Nove reči na društvenim medijima)
  • 2022–: member of the Publishing Council of the ZRC Publishing House
  • 2021–2023: member of the expert commission of the Stanislav Škrabec Foundation
  • 2018–2024: delegate of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language at the Administrative Board of the Association of Slavic Societies of Slovenia
  • 2018–: member of the editorial board of Language Consulting ServiceCounselling at ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
  • 2018–2024: technical editor of the international journal Slovenski jezik / Slovene Linguistic Studies

Selected publications

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

Study Subjects
Calendar
Enrolment

Asst. Prof. Matej Meterc, Ph. D.








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

Study Subjects
Calendar
Enrolment

Asst. Prof. Alenka Jelovšek, Ph. D.

Research Associate at Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU and assistant professor at linguistic module at Podstgraduate school ZRC SAZU.


+386 1 200 60 08
alenka.jelovsek@zrc-sazu.si

Research interests

Alenka Jelovšek (10 April 1984) is a researcher at the Section for the History of the Slovenian Language. In her research she focusses on the Slovenian literary language of the 16th century, especially on the development of orthographical norms and personal pronouns; additionally, she researches the development of forms of address in Slovenian through history. In her work she tests the possibilities of using modern language technologies to analyze historical texts. She is a co-author and co-editor of the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language (Vol. 1 A–D published in 2021, an ongoing dictionary on the Fran portal since 2022), member of the editorial board and technical editor of the journal Jezikoslovni zapiski and member of the editorial board of Language Counselling web portal. Through occasional appearances in media she presents topics in Slovenian language history to the general public and deals with some modern orthographical questions.

 

Research Areas

  • historical lexicology
  • historical lexicography
  • historical morphology
  • Slovenian literary language of the16th century historical sociolinguistics

 

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

  • 2024–: assistant professor of linguistics (linguistic module), Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
  • 2014-: research fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
  • 2014: PhD thesis: Osebni zaimki v jeziku slovenskih protestantskih piscev 16. stoletja (Personal Pronouns in the Language of the 16th-Century Slovenian Protestant Writers), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2014: BA degree History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2011–12: Assistant, History of Language, University of Nova Gorica
  • 2010: BA degree in General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2009: BA degrees in Slovenian, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
  • 2003: matura exam, Gimnazija Ravne na Koroškem, Ravne na Koroškem

 

Employments:

  • 2011–2012: temporary employment, University of Nova Gorica
  • 2009–:  ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institut of the Slovenian Language

 

Leadership Positions:

  • 2019: field editor (XML), Corpus 16: Text Corpus of Slovenian 16th-Century Protestant Writers

 

Supervision:

  • young researcher: Eva Trivunović

 

Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions:

  • 2020–: member of the editorial board of the Language Counselling web portal
  • 2016–2017: member of the expert commission for preparation of the tender and assessment of applications for PR-ESF-Flexible Forms of Learning, Slovenian Ministry of Culture
  • 2024–­: editor of Jezikoslovni zapiski

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

  • 2023: chief editor and co-author of the 2023 addition to the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language
  • 2022: main editor (together with Metod Čepar, Andreja Legan Ravnikar, Eva Trivunović and Mitja Trojar) of the Slovenian-German-Latin Dictionary based on a manuscript dictionary Dictionarium trilingue (1711–1712) by Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis: including paper slip material produced by Jože Stabej
  • 2021: main editor and co-author of the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language, Vol. 1: A–D; the dictionary was among the achievements chosen for the Excellent in Science 2022 prize awarded by the Slovenian Research Agency
  • 2021: editor of the scientific monograph Gorske bukve 1582. Znanstvenokritična izdaja (Styrian Vineyard Act 1582. Scientific Critical Edition)
  • 2019: co-editor of the scientific monograph Oživljeni Vodnik: Razprave o Valentinu Vodniku (Vodnik Revived: Discussions on Valentin Vodnik) (together with Andreja Legan Ravnikar and Irena Orel)
  • 2011: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation grant
  • 2009: Prešeren Prize, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
  • 2008: Prešeren Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana


Visits:

  • Vienna (2023),
  • Lorient (2022),
  • Logroño (2021),
  • Lausanne (2021),
  • Prague (2016).

Employments:

  • 2011–2012: temporary employment, University of Nova Gorica
  • 2009–:  ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institut of the Slovenian Language

 

Leadership Positions:

  • 2019: field editor (XML), Corpus 16: Text Corpus of Slovenian 16th-Century Protestant Writers

 

Supervision:

  • young researcher: Eva Trivunović

 

Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions:

  • 2020–: member of the editorial board of the Language Counselling web portal
  • 2016–2017: member of the expert commission for preparation of the tender and assessment of applications for PR-ESF-Flexible Forms of Learning, Slovenian Ministry of Culture
  • 2024–­: editor of Jezikoslovni zapiski

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

  • 2023: chief editor and co-author of the 2023 addition to the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language
  • 2022: main editor (together with Metod Čepar, Andreja Legan Ravnikar, Eva Trivunović and Mitja Trojar) of the Slovenian-German-Latin Dictionary based on a manuscript dictionary Dictionarium trilingue (1711–1712) by Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis: including paper slip material produced by Jože Stabej
  • 2021: main editor and co-author of the Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language, Vol. 1: A–D; the dictionary was among the achievements chosen for the Excellent in Science 2022 prize awarded by the Slovenian Research Agency
  • 2021: editor of the scientific monograph Gorske bukve 1582. Znanstvenokritična izdaja (Styrian Vineyard Act 1582. Scientific Critical Edition)
  • 2019: co-editor of the scientific monograph Oživljeni Vodnik: Razprave o Valentinu Vodniku (Vodnik Revived: Discussions on Valentin Vodnik) (together with Andreja Legan Ravnikar and Irena Orel)
  • 2011: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation grant
  • 2009: Prešeren Prize, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
  • 2008: Prešeren Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Selected publications:

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

Study Subjects
Calendar
Enrolment

Assoc. Prof. Helena Dobrovoljc, Ph. D.








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

Study Subjects
Calendar
Enrolment

Assist. Prof. Mateja Jemec Tomazin, Ph. D.

Assistant professor at doctoral study (3rd cycle) Comparative study of ideas and cultures at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.

Novi trg 4/III, No. 307

mateja.jemec-tomazin@zrc-sazu.si

  • University degree in Slovene Language and Literature and German Language and Literature (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2002)
  • PhD in Linguistics (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2009)

 

Current projects

  • Implementing Open Science principles in the research project Spoznaj
  • A systematic approach to ad hoc terminology: Analysis of questions and answers in the Terminology Advisory Service

 

Research interests

  • Terminology and terminography
  • Open Science
  • Phraseology
  • Teaching Slovene as a second/foreign language

 



  • Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) — October 2025

  • Member of the Board, CLARIN.si research infrastructure
  • Member, Legal and Ethical Issues Committee, CLARIN ERIC
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Jezikoslovni zapiski (Linguistic Notes)

  1. JEMEC TOMAZIN, Mateja. Ali so termini lahko nedolgočasni. V: KRŽIŠNIK, Erika (ur.), STANIČ, Daša (ur.), VALENČIČ ARH, Urška (ur.). Frazeologija v digitalni dobi : izzivi in priložnosti = Phraseology in the digital age : challenges and opportunities. Ljubljana: Založba Univerze, 2025. Letn. 65, št. 1, str. 83-96. Linguistica, 65, 1. ISBN 978-961-297-750-4. ISSN 0024-3922. https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/23938, DOI: 10.4312/linguistica.65.1.83-96. [COBISS.SI-ID 264217603], [SNIP];
  2. ATELŠEK, Simon, FAJFAR, Tanja, JEMEC TOMAZIN, Mateja, OMAN, Jera, ŽAGAR KARER, Mojca. Pobude za terminološke intervencije v Terminološki svetovalnici. Jezikoslovni zapiski : zbornik Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša. [Tiskana izd.]. 2024, 30, št. 1, str. 219-235, graf. prikazi. ISSN 0354-0448. https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/jz/article/view/13716, DOI: 10.3986/JZ.30.1.10. [COBISS.SI-ID 201508099], [SNIP, Scopus do 20. 1. 2026: št. citatov (TC): 1, čistih citatov (CI): 1, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.20]
  3. ŽAGAR KARER, Mojca, JEMEC TOMAZIN, Mateja. A dynamic and diverse terminological landscape : the Slovenian case. V: RESI, Rossella (ur.), STEURS, Frieda (ur.). Handbook of terminology. Vol. 4, Terminology planning in Europe. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, cop. 2025. Str. 686-700, zvd. Handbook of terminology, vol. 4. ISBN 978-90-272-2852-9. ISSN 2352-1821. DOI: 10.1075/hot.4.dyn1. [COBISS.SI-ID 264216067]
  4. JEMEC TOMAZIN, Mateja. Izzivi normiranja terminologije. V: ŠTUMBERGER, Saška (ur.). Predpis in norma v jeziku. 1. natis. Ljubljana: Založba Univerze, 2024. Str. 139-146, ilustr. Zbirka Obdobja, 43. ISBN 978-961-297-439-8. ISSN 1408-211X. https://ebooks.uni-lj.si/ZalozbaUL/catalog/book/664/chapter/3915, DOI: 10.4312/Obdobja.43.139-146. [COBISS.SI-ID 217144579]
  5. JEMEC TOMAZIN, Mateja, ROMIH, Miro. Slovenski terminološki portal : nova priložnost za urejanje slovenske terminologije. V: ARHAR HOLDT, Špela (ur.), KREK, Simon (ur.). Razvoj slovenščine v digitalnem okolju. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba Univerze, 2023. Str. 211-247, tabele, ilustr. Sporazumevanje. ISBN 978-961-297-256-1. ISSN 2738-4527. https://ebooks.uni-lj.si/ZalozbaUL/catalog/view/522/852/9443. [COBISS.SI-ID 186657027]

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

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Assist. Prof. Mojca Žagar Karer, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor at doctoral study degree study programme (3rd cycle) Comparative study of ideas and cultures at Postgraduate school ZRC SAZU and research Associate, Fran Ramovš Institute of Slovenian Language, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 3st floor
0386 1 4706 223
mojca.zagar@zrc-sazu.si
Monday 13.00–15.00

Education:

  • Sc. Slovene Language and Literature (University of Ljubljana, 2010)
  • D. Linguistics (University of Ljubljana, 2011)
  • Prof. Linguistics (Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, 2022)

 

Important long-term projects:

  • Terminological counselling on Terminologišče web-site
  • Terminological dictionaries of different subject fields
  • Terminological research

 

Research interests:

  • Terminology and terminography
  • Lexicology and lexicography
  • Terminological counselling
  • Orthography


Research scholar, TERMCAT terminology centre, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (2022).


Other:

  • Co-author and co-editor of the Terminological Dictionary of Reinforced Concrete Structures (2021), Terminological Dictionary of Legal Terminology (2018), Terminological Dictionary of Automatic Control, Systems and Robotics (2014, 2018) and Terminological Dictionary of Theatre Terminology (2007)
  • member of the Board of EAFT (European Association for Terminology) (2018–)
  • co-editor of the Terminologišče series and a member of the editorial board of Terminological-counselling service (2015–)
  • member of the editorial board of the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language (eSSKJ) (2015–)
  • member of the editorial board of the portal Fran (2014–)
  • member of the Commission on Orthography at SAZU and ZRC SAZU (2013–)
  • member of Terminology Commission of the International Committee of Slavonic Scholars (2013–)
  • member of the Coordination Committee of the Historical Seminar of the ZRC SAZU and a member of the editorial board of the publication of the Historical Seminar (2006–)

Selected publications:

  • Žagar Karer, M., Ledinek, N. 2021. Med terminologijo in splošno leksiko: determinologizacija in z njo povezane slovaropisne ter uporabniške dileme. Slovenski jezik – Slovene linguistic studies 41–60.
  • Žagar Karer, M., Fajfar, T. 2020. Sinonimija v terminologiji: analiza normativnih odločitev v terminoloških slovarjih. Slavistična revija 68/4. 491–507.
  • Jemec Tomazin, M., Žagar Karer, M. 2020. Slovenska terminološka spletišča in njihove zasnove. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 46/2. 693–716.
  • Fajfar, T., Jemec Tomazin, M., Žagar Karer, M. 2019. Slovenska pravna terminologija in njen prikaz v Pravnem terminološkem slovarju. Jezikoslovni zapiski 25/1. 53–66.
  • Fajfar, T., Žagar Karer, M. 2019. Analiza kratic v terminoloških slovarjih. Slavistična revija 67/4. 551–567.
  • Michelizza, M., Žagar Karer, M. 2018. Internetna leksika v slovenščini: analiza novejših slovarskih virov. Jezikoslovni zapiski 24/1. 79–92.
  • Žagar Karer, M. 2018. Upoštevanje terminoloških načel v terminografski praksi. Slavistična revija 66/2. 235–249.
  • Fajfar, T., Žagar Karer, M. 2015. Strokovnjaki in prepoznavanje terminov v strokovnih besedilih. Jezikoslovni zapiski 21/1. 7–21.
  • Žagar Karer, M., Fajfar, T. 2015. Strokovnjaki in drugi uporabniki terminologije kot naslovniki terminoloških slovarjev. Jezikoslovni zapiski 21/1. 23–35.
  • Frangež, D., Klančnik, A. T., Žagar Karer, M. idr. 2015. The importance of terminology related to child sexual exploitation. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo 66/4. 291–299.
  • Žagar Karer, M. 2011. Terminologija med slovarjem in besedilom: Analiza elektrotehniške terminologije (Zbirka Linguistica et philologica, 26). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
  • Žagar Karer, M. 2005. Determinologizacija (na primeru terminologije fizike). Jezik in slovstvo 50/2. 35–48.

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

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Prof. Andreja Žele, Ph. D.

Professor at doctoral study (3rd cycle) Comparative study of ideas and cultures at Postgraduate school ZRC SAZU.




Course principal:





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

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Tiva Vlaj,

Academic Coordinator

Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU Secretariat, Novi trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana
01 470 64 52
Tiva.Vlaj@zrc-sazi.si
Mon-Fri, 9.00-17.00

Academic coordinator at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU:

  • front desk
  • student affairs office
  • international office




MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Anthropology of consciousness and practices of awareness

Asst. Prof. Maja Petrović Šteger, Ph. D.,

ECTS: 6

Anthropology of Technology

Tanja Ahlin, Asst. Prof.,

ECTS: 6

Communities, relationships, events: an anthropological approach

Prof. Borut Telban, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Cosmology of Mesoamerican Societies

Prof. Ivan Šprajc, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Environmental Anthropology and Planetary Issues

Asst. Prof. Nataša Gregorič Bon, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Epistemological pluralism and “decolonizing” methods in ethnographic research

Assoc. Prof. Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Laughing politically: toward the anthropology of humor

Prof. Tanja Petrović, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Public anthropology, social engagement and activism

Assoc. Prof. Ana Hofman, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

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Prof. Marko Snoj, Ph.D.

Research Advisor Fran Ramovš Institute of Slovenian Language, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Office: ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 1. floor.
Tel.: 01 4706 160
marko.snoj@zrc-sazu.si
Office hours: by appointment

Education:

  • B.Sc. Comparative Linguistics and Hittitology (University of Ljubljana, 1982)
  • M.Phil. Comparative Baltic-Slavic Linguistics (University of Ljubljana, 1984)
  • Ph.D. Comparative Linguistics (University of Ljubljana, 1989)

 

Important long-term projects:

  • New Dictionary of the Contemporary Slovenian Literary Language
  • Etymology of the Slovenian vocabulary, including proper names 
  • Accentuation of the Proto-Slavic polysyllabic nominal stems and its Indo-European origin

 

Research interests:

  • Lexicography of the contemporary Slovenian language
  • Slovenian, Slavic, and Indo-European etymology
  • Slavic accentology
  • Albanistics
  • Slovenian language of the 17th and 18th century


  • Study of Albanian, Universitet i Prishtinës, Prishtina, Kosovo (1986, 1987, 1989)
  • Study of German, Goethe Institut, Göttingen, Germany (1988), Prien am Chiemsee (1991) 
  • Research Scholar, Humboldt fellow, Universität Regensburg, Germany (1991-92, 1994) 

  • Associated member, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2015)
  • Full Professor of Comparative Linguistics at the University of Ljubljana (since 2009, previously Asocciated and Assistant Professor)
  • Head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU (since 2008)
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Fran: Slovarji inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, ZRC SAZU (www.fran.si) 
  • Editor, Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies (1997-2011)
  • Friar Stanislav Škrabec Award: Extraordinary Achievement in Slovenian Linguistics (2013)
  • ZRC SAZU Golden Emblem Prize (1996)

  • Snoj, M. 1997, 2003, 2015, 2016, Slovenski etimološki slovar. Ljubljana 1997: Mladinska knjiga; 2. edition, Ljubljana: Modrijan; 3. edition (online and printed edition), Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU.
  • Bizjak Končar, A., Snoj, M. (co–authors and co–editors), et. al., 2013, 2014, Slovar novejšega besedja slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU (online and printed edition). 
  • Snoj, M. 2009, Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC.
  • Snoj, M. 2006, 2014 Slovar jezika Janeza Svetokriškega. (online edition 2014, printed edition 2006), Ljubljana: SAZU and ZRC SAZU. 
  • Bezlaj, F., Snoj, M., Furlan, M., Klemenčič, S. 1982, 1995, 2005, 2007, Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika. Druga knjiga (K–O), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga; tretja knjiga (P–S), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga; četrta knjiga (Š–Ž), Ljubljana: Založba ZRC; peta knjiga (Kazala), Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
  • Snoj, M. 1994, Rückläufiges Wörterbuch der albanischen Sprache, Hamburg: Buske, 1994.
  • Snoj, M. 2014 Slovansko *paękъ, *paǫkъ ‘aranea’. In: Jakubovicz, M. (ed.). Studia Borysiana : etymologica, diachronica, Slavica : w 75. rocznicę urodzin profesora Wiesława Borysia. Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki, pp. 57–61.
  • Snoj, M., Slovene place names with the suffix -ina: some difficult cases and implications for South Slavic onomastics. Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies 7 (2009), pp. 45–59.

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

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Study Subjects
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