Assistant; young researcher at the Lexicology Section; researcher in the project of eSSKJ; Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 3rd Edition, and Growing Dictionary of the Slovenian Language
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Maja Rotter (10th of November 1995) is a young researcher at the Lexicology Section of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. Her research focuses mainly on etymological and comparative linguistic issues of Balto-Slavic, Slavic and Baltic languages and Slovene.
In the projects of eSSKJ and Growing Dictionary of the Slovenian Language she contributes short etymological explanations.
Research Area
- Etymology
- Slovenian language
- Slavic and Baltic languages
- Balto-Slavic
- Indoeuropean comparative linguistics
Education, Academic and Scientific Titlesv
- 2021: MA in Indoeuropean comparative linguistics and Slavic comparative linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2018: BA in Indoeuropean comparative linguistics and Russian studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2014: Matura, Poljane Grammar School
Employments
- 2021–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants
- 2022: Nahtigal award winner for the MA thesis Vrddhi formations in Balto-Slavic
- 2020/21: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation grant
- 2019: Lithuanian government grant for Summer School of Lithuanian Language
eSSKJ: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika 2016– (co-authored)
Sprotni slovar slovenskega jezika 2014– (short etymological explanations, co-authored)
2021: Vrddhi formations in Balto-Slavic (MA thesis)
2020: Etimologija krajevnih imen v občini Sodražica (a chapter in a book Sodraških 800: monografija ob 800-letnici prve pisne omembe Sodražice, co-authored)
2019: Problem jote v starogrškem ikhthys "riba" (co-authored article)
2019: Áva rohatiy aviká ná súryah : izbor iz rgvedske himnike : prevodi in študije (translations of Vedic hymns, co-authored)