Janoš Ježovnik (4 December 1987) is the deputy head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language and head of the Institute's Department of Lexicology. His research focuses on Slovene dialects of western Beneška Slovenija (Slavia Veneta) and Resia, especially from the point of view of phonology and accentology, as well as language contact and language shift. He is also a collaborator in the project of compiling eSSKJ – Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language and is the editor of ZRCola 2: Input System for Linguistic Use.

Research Areas

• dialectology
• accentology
• lexicology
• sociolinguistics
• lexicography

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

• 2019: PhD: Notranja glasovna in naglasna členjenost terskega narečja slovenščine (Internal Phonological and Accentual Differentiation of the Tersko Dialect of Slovene), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2013: MA degrees in Slovenian Language and Literature, and Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2006: matura exam, Gimnazija Jožeta Plečnika, Ljubljana

Employments, Leadership Positions and Competences

Employments:

• 2014–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language

Leadership Positions:

• 2020–: head of the Department of Lexicology of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2018–: deputy head of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2015–: editor of ZRCola 2

Supervision:

• initiation of new colleagues into the work: Duša Divjak Race, Dejan Gabrovšek, Maja Rotter

Other Experience:

• 2021–: member of the editorial council of the Fran portal
• 2021–: member of the editorial board of the Fran portal
• 2021–: member of the editorial board of the Franček portal
• 2020–: technical editor of the Heriscope website
• 2016–: member of the organizing committee of March for Science Slovenija
• 2014: member of the organizing committee of the 10th International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology (Ljubljana, 2014)
• 2012–2014: president of the Student Council of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

• 2020: ZRC SAZU Silver Emblem
• 2020: Slovene Research Institute Award for the best PhD thesis
• 2015: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation grant
• 2014: Slovene Research Institute Award for the best graduate thesis