Michelizza – Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU

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