Assoc. Prof. Kozma Ahačič, Ph.D.

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

Office: ZRC SAZU, Wolfova 8, 2nd floor
01 2006 005
kahacic@zrc-sazu.si
Office hours: Friday 8.00–10.00

Education: 

  • B.Sc. Slovene and Latin (University of Ljubljana, 2003)
  • Ph.D. Literature (University of Ljubljana, 2007)

 

Important long-term projects:

  • Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language;
  • Slovenian Grammars and Normative Guides;
  • History of the Thought About Language;
  • Digitalisation of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Works.

 

Research interests:

  • History of linguistics;
  • Slovenian language in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century;
  • Historical sociolinguistics;
  • History of translation and rhetorics;
  • Critical editions of old Slovenian books;
  • Artificial languages.


  • Research Student, Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Moscow, Russia (2001, 2003);
  • Post-graduate Research Student, Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, München, Germany (2004);
  • Visiting Professor, Alpen-Adria Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria;
  • Research Scholar, Laboratoire d’histoire des théories linguistiques, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France (2012).

  • Associate Professor, University of Nova Gorica, since 2008;
  • Assistant Professor, Univerza of Ljubljana, 2008–2013;
  • Editor-in-chief, Fran: Slovarji inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, ZRC SAZU (www.fran.si);
  • Editor, Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies;
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Jezikoslovni zapiski;
  • Full Member, Institut d’études slaves, Paris-Sorbonne;
  • Deputy Head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of Slovenian Language;
  • Chairman of the Commission of Experts on the Slovenian Language established by the Slovenian Ministry of Culture (2012–2013)
  • Primož Trubar Award, National and University Library, Ljubljana (2014);
  • Slovenian Book Fair Award: Best e-book 2014: www.fran.si.

  • Ahačič, K. (author and ed.) 2015. Slovenske slovnice in pravopisi, version 1.0. Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša.
  • Ahačič, K. 2014. The history of linguistic thought and language use in 16th century Slovenia. Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang
  • Ahačič, K. 2014. The main characteristics of grammar-writing in Slovenia between 1584 and 1758. History of Linguistics 2011: selected papers from the 12th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHOLS XII), Saint-Petersburg, 28 August-2 September 2011. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 37–49. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2014. Neue Entdeckungen und Erkenntnisse zum slowenischen Protestantismus. Zeitschrift für Slawistik  59(3): 385–398. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2014. Primož Trubar: Cerkveni red (1564): znanstvenokritična izdaja dela Cerkovna ordninga z znotrajjezikovnim prevodom v sodobni slovenski knjižni jezik. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2014. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2012. Zgodovina misli o jeziku na Slovenskem : katoliška doba (1600-1758). Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU.
  • Ahačič, K. 2010. Raba slovenščine v šolstvu, cerkvi in začetkih gledališke dejavnosti v 17. in 1. polovici 18. stoletja. Keria 12(2–3): 219–252.
  • Ahačič, K. 2009. Musculus, Gwalther, Luther, Erasmus. Primus Truber as the first Slovenian translator of scriptural texts. Zwingliana 36: 115–135. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2008. The treatment of “nomen” in the first Slovenian grammar (Bohorič 1584). Historiographia linguistica 35: 2–31. 
  • Ahačič, K.  2008. “Omnis lingua confitebitur Deo”: writing the first Slovenian grammar (1584). Histoire, épistémologie langage 30(2): 93–112. 
  • Ahačič, K., Legan Ravnikar A., Merše M., Narat J., Novak F. 2011. Besedje slovenskega knjižnega jezika 16. stoletja. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2007. Zgodovina misli o jeziku in književnosti na Slovenskem: protestantizem. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU. 
  • Ahačič, K. 2006. Izvirne slovenske pesmi Jovana Vesela Koseskega : vsebinski opis, okoliščine nastanka, pregled ocen, jezik, tekstnokritični aparat ter diplomatični in kritični prepis pesmi 1818-1852. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Historical lexicology, historical lexicography and historical grammar

Assist. Prof. Andreja Legan Ravnikar, Ph.D.,

Asst. Prof. Alenka Jelovšek, 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

Terminology and terminography

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

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

ECTS: 6