Tjaša Jakop (born 1975) is a researcher at the Dialectology Section. Her research focusses on Slovene dialects (i.e. collecting and analysing dialect material), focusing especially on the Styrian and Pannonian dialect groups. Her main research focus is dialectal morphology, particularly the category of the dual (she has published two monographs on this topic: one in Slovene and one in English: The Dual in Slovene Dialects, 2008) and gender. Her research focuses on the preparation of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas which includes: recording and phonological and morphological descriptions of different dialects (also abroad: in Italy, Austria and Croatia) and geolinguistic presentation of dialectal lexica and morphological features (she has published over 70 morphological and lexical maps with comments). Part of her research focusses also on dialect analysis of Slovene folk songs. She participated in extensive corpus Slovenian Folk Songs (from the fifth volume forward, 2007–) and has written several papers encompassing this research area (2005–). She gives lectures at conferences at home and abroad. Through regular appearances in the media, she presents topics of Slovenian dialectology, dialects, dialect (creative) writing and the history of the Slovenian language to the general public.

Research Areas

• dialectology
• geolinguistics, linguistic geography
• dialect morphology
•  dialect lexica
• Styrian and Pannonian dialect group
• dialectal image of Slovene folksongs, pop and rap lyrics
• taboo expressions
• live heritage
• heritagization of borders

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

• 2012–: senior research fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2007–: research fellow, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2004–: research assistant, ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language
• 2004: PhD thesis: Dvojina v slovenskih narečjih (The Dual in Slovene Dialects), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2001: MA thesis: Oblikoslovje govora Ložnice pri Žalcu (Morphology of local dialect of Ložnica pri Žalcu), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 1998: BA degrees in A – Slovenian Language and Literature and B – General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 1993: exit examination, Konservatorij za glasbo in balet Maribor, Maribor

Employments:

• 1998–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language

Supervision:

• BA theses supervision: Maja Lugarič

Other Experience:

• 2004–2023: visits and guest lectures at universities, linguistic symposiums and conferences in Slovenia and abroad (Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey)
• 2004–2023: guest in arr. 40 radio and television shows
• 2013: one month of research work (as a visiting researcher) at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje) in Zagreb, Croatia
• 995: participation in a summer school of the Hungarian language (Debrecen, Hungary)

Work in Editorial Boards and Expert Commissions

• 2024: main editor of Slovenski istrski lingvistični atlas (Slovenian Istrian linguistic Atlas, author: Suzana Todorović)
• 2023: main editor of Heriskop: razprave o dediščinjenju na obrobju (Heriscope: Observing heritage-making on the margins)
• 2023: member of Association fo the Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS)
• 2019: main editor of atlases Jezikovni atlas Istrskobeneški jezikovni atlas severozahodne Istre 1, 2 in 3 - Atlante linguistico istroveneto dell’Istria nordoccidentale 1, 2 in 3 (Linguistic Atlas of Istrian-Venetian of North-western Istria, author: Suzana Todorović)
• 2006: member of the Commission for dialect texts (award) of the cultural event Tamburanje va Kostele

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

• 2023: Recognition of the Slovenian Science Foundation for special achievements in science communication for 2022, Tjaša Jakop (a member of a team that prepared and implemented the international project Agon(ija) Epidemije)
• 2020: scientific article Beobachtungen zum Slowenischen in handschriftlichen Mitteilungstexten auf Postkarten der Untersteiermark zwischen 1890 und 1918 published in Bildspuren - Sprachspuren: Postkarten als Quellen zur Mehrsprachigkeit in der späten Habsburger Monarchie
• 2019: scientific article Word borrowing in Slovene dialects in the semantic fields ´human body´, ´relatives´ and ´friends´ in: Filolog: časopis za jezik književnost i kulturu
• 2018: scientific article Slovene nouns and adjectives: non-standard use of dual number from 1925 to 2015 published in Handbook of the changing world language map living reference work
• 2012: original scientific article in Linguistica: Use of dual in standard Slovene, colloquial Slovene and Slovene dialects
• 2008: scientific monograph The Dual in Slovene Dialects published at Brockmeyer Verlag
• 2004: prize of the Slavic Society of Slovenia for the PhD thesis Dvojina v slovenskih narečjih (The dual in Slovene Dialects)