On 8 September 2026, the symposium The Prekmurje Scholar Avgust Pavel – Pavel Day 2026 took place in Cankova, Prekmurje. Dr Tjaša Jakop, from the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language at ZRC SAZU, participated in the event, delivering a lecture entitled “Pavel’s Phonology as a Valuable Source for Monitoring Dialect Change”. Dr Jakop’s…
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In the informational broadcast Jezikanje on Radio Val 202, linguist Dr. Tjaša Jakop from the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU explained some interesting facts about the typical Slovene grammatical category: the dual. Today, among the official languages of the European Union, Slovene is the only one that preserves the dual in…
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On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Dr. Tjaša Jakop (Institute of Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU) and Dr. Agata Šega (University of Ljubljana) delivered an invited joint lecture titled “Taboo Expressions in Slovene”. The event took place at 7:15 p.m. at the premises of the Society of University Teachers (Društvo sveučilišnih nastavnika) at Frankopanska 5a in Zagreb.…
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In mid-October, members of the “Heritage on the Margins” research group participated in a hodinar (walking seminar), which this time took place in the border region of Obsotelje. The purpose of the two-day walking seminar was to familiarize group members with the heritage and the processes of heritagisation in the area, with an emphasis on…
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The Riječki filološki dani Symposium has been held in Rijeka (Croatia) since 1994. This year, the 14th meeting in April 2025, Tjaša Jakop was also present. In the Transgression in Philology section, she presented a paper entitled Obravnava izbranih tabuiziranih pomenov v slovenskem jezikoslovju (Overview of selected taboo meanings in Slovenian linguistics), together with a…
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Symposium on the 110th birthday of Anton Vratuša, organised by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in cooperation with the Dr. Šiftar Foundation, took place from 19 to 20 February 2025 in Ljubljana and Murska Sobota. On the first day, important speakers and lecturers gathered in the SAZU hall: from the first President of…
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During her three-month internship in Croatia (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), Dr Tjaša Jakop from the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language conducted field research in Štrigova, Croatia, in June 2024. She was also supported by dialectologist Dr Đuro Blažeka from Zagreb. Both were warmly welcomed by Mr Stanislav Rebernik,…
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During her three-month training in Croatia (University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), Tjaša Jakop from the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language ZRC SAZU gave an invited lecture entitled Dvojina kao gramatička kategorija (Dual as a grammatical category) as part of the lectures and book presentations of the Zagrebački lingvistički krug…
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In March 2023, the third volume of the Slovenian Linguistic Atlas – SLA (with a very extensive book of commentaries) was published. In all three volumes (SLA 1: Human body, diseases and family from 2011; SLA 2: Farm; SLA 3: Farming: tools and tasks from 2023), the dialectologist Tjaša Jakop also participated. The novelty of…
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On 30 May 2023, the Slovenian Science Foundation presented the Prometheus of Science Awards for Excellence in Science Communication 2022. The team that prepared and implemented the international project Agon(ija) Epidemije made it to the final selection and received the highest award for science communication. The team also included the representative of ZRC SAZU dr.…
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