
Research Associate, Researcher in the project of compiling eSSKJ; Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, 3rd Edition, and School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language
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Špela Petric Žižić is a researcher at the Department of Lexicology of the Fran Ramovš Institute for the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU. In her research work, she focusses on contemporary lexicology and lexicography, especially on the issue of multi-word lexemes from a lexicographical perspective. Her scientific research also focuses on lexicography adapted to children, i.e. the dictionaries for school users. She is a member of the editorial board of the Franček portal and co-author or co-editor of monolingual general explanatory dictionaries of Slovene language: eSSKJ: the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, third edition; SSKJ2, the Dictionary of the Slovenian Standard Language, second, supplemented and partially revised edition; the School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language.
Research areas
- linguistics
- lexicology
- lexicography and pedagogical lexicography
Education, Academic and Scientific Titles
- 2019–: Research Fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
- 2015: PhD: Slovenski večbesedni leksemi z vidika slovaropisja (A Study of Slovenian Multi-Word Lexemes from a Lexicographical Perspective), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
- 2009: BA degree at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (comparative Slavic linguistics; Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian languages with literature)
Employments, Leadership Positions and Competences
Employments:
- 2010–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
Leadership Positions:
- 2017–: coordinator of the activities at The School Dictionary of the Slovene Language, which is being developed in the framework of the project Franček Web Portal, Language Counselling for Teachers of the Slovenian Language and the School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language
- 2017–: editor-in-chief and co-author of the ongoing School Dictionary of the Slovenian Language on the Franček portal and of two editions of this dictionary published as research databases
Work in editorial boards and expert commissions
- 2021–: Member of the editorial board of the Franček portal
Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants
- 2012–: co-author, co-editor of monolingual general explanatory dictionaries of Slovene (SNB, SSKJ2, eSSKJ)
eSSKJ: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika 2016– (co-author)
Šolski slovar slovenskega jezika 2021, 2022, 2023 (editor-in-chief, co-author)
2022: Presenting and linking grammatical data on the Franček educational language portal (co-author)
2022: School dictionary of the Slovenian language on the Franček web portal
2022: Besedne zveze z vidika slovaropisja na primeru sestavkov eSSKJ
2022: Vrstni pridevniki : teoretična obravnava in razlagalne strategije v eSSKJ glede na SSKJ, predhodne in sodobne slovarje (co-author)
2021: Priprava jezikovnih podatkov za pedagoški portal o slovenščini Franček (co-author)
2020: Tipologija razlag v Šolskem slovarju slovenskega jezika
2018: Slovenski večbesedni leksemi z vidika slovaropisja
2014: Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika: 2., dopolnjena in deloma prenovljena izdaja (co-editor)
Second Comprehensive Language Policy Survey on the Needs of Language Users in Slovenia and Users of Slovenian in Neighboring Countries and Worldwide (October 1, 2023 - March 31, 2025)
Celoviti servis za uporabnike slovenskega knjižnega jezika: Fran, Franček in Jezikovna svetovalnica (September 13, 2021 - November 15, 2022)
Spletni portal Franček, Jezikovna svetovalnica za učitelje slovenščine in Šolski slovar slovenskega jezika (July 19, 2017 - September 30, 2021)