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Collaborators

Department of Lexicology



sodelavci leksikološke sekcije

Head: Janoš Ježovnik
+386 1 470 61 71
janos.jezovnik@zrc-sazu.si

Location: Novi Trg 4, first floor

Department Purpose and Activity

The department currently employs seventeen researchers that are engaged in lexicographic and research activities, particularly for contemporary Slovenian. Language content is prepared for professional and general users, while also devoting special attention to younger language users. Members are engaged in research on phonology, semantics, morphology, word formation, syntax, lexicology, phraseology, paremiology, genrefication, stylistics, etymology, normativity, sociolinguistics, and dialectology. Some members teach at the ZRC SAZU Graduate School, the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Arts, and the University of Nova Gorica’s Faculty of Humanities, and they also frequently appear as guest lecturers in Slovenia and abroad.

The following four growing dictionaries are being compiled within the department:

Members of the department are involved in creating, editing, and improving the Fran and Franček language portals. In addition to adding and editing language content, they are also responsible for educational activities, technical support, visualization of language data, and promotion of language content and linguistic research in general.

They are members of international associations (European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL), the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages at the Council of Europe), various committees of the International Committee of Slavists, and the organizing committees of research conferences (the Obdobja symposia, International Dictionary Day, Skrabec Days, International Conference of the Commission on Slavic Word Formation at the International Committee of Slavists, EFNIL Conference, etc.). 

The department is compiling the Lemma Database and developing ZRCola 2, and its members also compose the answers and serve on the editorial board for the Language Consulting Service, which operates under the auspices of the Department of Language Standardisation.

Within the department, some seminal works for Slovenian have been and are being created, including:

Members of the department also perform editorial work for:

Current Projects

Members of the Department of Lexicology have been or are involved in the following programs and projects: 

Media Presence

Achievements by members of the department also appear in the media, where they frequently present their work:

They help create the Beseda tedna (Word of the Week) column in the print and online editions of the newspaper Delo.