Researcher on the project the New Dictionary of Slovene language (Novi slovar slovenskega jezika)
Assistant Prof. Nataša Gliha Komac’s research focuses on applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, especially on the problems related to language planning (status, corpus and acquisition planning), the status of Slovene in contact with other languages, and the use of Slovene in public speaking situations.
Since 2009 she has been lecturing in the course Language and Culture 2 in the Department of Communication (Chair of Journalism), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
Since April 2010: a member of the Scientific Committee of the Slovene Research Institute (SLORI) in Italy.
GLIHA KOMAC, Nataša. Slovenščina med jeziki Kanalske doline. Fakulteta za družbene vede, Ljubljana; Slovenski raziskovalni inštitut, Trst; Slovensko kulturno središče Planika, Ukve, 2009, 336 pp.
GLIHA KOMAC, Nataša. Razvijanje sporazumevalne zmožnosti v jezikovno mešanih okoljih: primer Kanalske doline na italijansko-slovensko-avstrijski tromeji. In KALIN GOLOB, Monika (ed.)LOGAR BERGINC, Nataša (ed.), GRIZOLD, Anton (ed.). Jezikovna prepletanja. Fakulteta za družbene vede, Ljubljana, 2008, pp. 233–246.
KALIN GOLOB, Monika, GLIHA KOMAC, Nataša, LOGAR BERGINC, Nataša, GORŠEK MENCIN, Nataša. O slovenskem jeziku / On Slovene. Evropski parlament, Informacijska pisarna za Slovenijo / European Parliament Office for Slovenia, Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije / Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Služba Vlade Republike Slovenije za evropske zadeve / Governement Office for the European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, 2007 (Reprinted 2008), 54 pp.
GLIHA KOMAC, Nataša (ed.), SMOLE, Vera (ed.). Ovčja vas in njena slovenska govorica: Raziskovalni tabor Kanalska dolina 2003 / Valbrunna e la sua parlata slovena: stage di ricerca Val Canale 2003. Slovensko kulturno središče Kanalska dolina, Ukve / Centro culturale sloveno Stella Alpina Val Canale, Ugovizza; Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana / Instituto per la lingua slovena »Fran Ramovš« CRS ASSA, 2005, 230 pp.
GLIHA KOMAC, Nataša. Na meji, med jeziki in kulturami: širjenje slovenskega jezika v Kanalski dolini. Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja, Ljubljana; Slovensko kulturno središče Planika, Slovenski raziskovalni inštitut, Kanalska dolina, 2002, 160 pp.
1998: graduated (BA Hons.) from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, in the area of Slovene language and sociology.
2002: completed Masters Studies in the Department of Slovene Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, with the thesis Širjenje slovenskega jezika v Kanalski dolini.
2008: completed PhD in the Department of Comparative and General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, with the thesis Razvijanje sporazumevalne zmožnosti v slovenskem jeziku v jezikovno mešanem okolju Kanalske doline.
1999 – 2005: employed as Assistant Professor for Applied Linguistics in the Department of Comparative and General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and employed (part-time) in the Slovene Cultural Centre Planika, Canal Valley, Italy.
October 2005 – April 2006: worked as Assistant (Tutor) for Slovene Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska.
Since April 2006: has been working as Assistant (Tutor) and later as Assistant Professor for Slovene language in the Department of Communication (Chair of Journalism), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
Since 1 October 2011: employed (tenure) in the Lexicological Section of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU; and part-time in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
2005–2007: participated in the project Preservation of Slovene among Indigenous Slovene Minorities in Italy, Austria and Hungary (“Ohranjanje slovenščine pri avtohtonih slovenskih manjšinah v Italiji, Avstriji in na Madžarskem”), conducted in the Institute for Educational, Informatic and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Primorska.
2008: conducted field work (for one month) at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, investigating the language use of the Slovene community in that part of Canada.
Research areas
Linguistics H350 • Phonetics, phonology H351 • Lexicology H353 • Applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching, sociolinguistics H360 • Folklore H400
Keywords
applied linguistics • sociolinguistics • language planning • language acquisition and use • Slovene language in contact
Recognitions & awards
2009: won the first prize in the VII. Award-Giving Competition for Bachelor, Master Theses and Doctorate Dissertations of the Government Office for Slovenians Abroad, Republic of Slovenia