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 of the forthcoming Dictionary of the 16th-Century Slovenian Literary Language, member of the editorial board and technical editor of the journal Jezikoslovni zapiski and member of the editorial board of Language Consulting 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 the 16th century
• historical sociolinguistics

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

• 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, Leadership and Competences

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

Other Experience:

• visits: Prague (2016)
• Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions:
• 2020–: member of the editorial board of the Language Consulting web portal
• 2017–: member of the editorial board of Jezikoslovni zapiski
• 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
• 2011–­: technical editor of Jezikoslovni zapiski

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

• 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