University of Ljubljana

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with University of Ljubljana*

Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy

Edited by François Grin, László Marácz & Nike K. Pokorn

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language policy | Multilingualism

[Studies in World Language Problems, 9] 2022. | edited volume

Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice. Special issue of Journal of Language and Politics 20:1 (2021)

Edited by Benjamin De Cleen, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Yannis Stavrakakis & Ilija Tomanić Trivundža

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Journal of Language and Politics, 20:1] 2021. | special issue

Community Interpreting, Translation, and Technology: Special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies 13:3 (2018)

Edited by Nike K. Pokorn & Christopher D. Mellinger

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Translation and Interpreting Studies: The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association, 13:3] 2018. | special issue

Post-Socialist Translation Practices: Ideological struggle in children's literature

Nike K. Pokorn

Subjects Theoretical literature & literary studies | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 103] 2012. | open access

Why Translation Studies Matters

Edited by Daniel Gile, Gyde Hansen & Nike K. Pokorn

Subjects Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 88] 2010. xi, 269 pp. | edited volume

Challenging the Traditional Axioms: Translation into a non-mother tongue

Nike K. Pokorn

Subjects Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 62] 2005. | open access

Dillon, Anna Marie 2025 Attending to a pedagogical moment of wonder in the early years; towards translanguaging in a UAE kindergarten

Keywords: pedagogy | translanguaging | kindergarten | early childhood | teaching | co-teaching | moments that glow | observation

Language Teaching for Young Learners 8:1 pp. 20–30 | article

Kavčič, Jerneja & Andreja Inkret 2025 Historical linguistics, the pronunciation of Latin and teaching of classical languages: Outcomes of two projects aimed at Slovenian pupils

Keywords: Latin | pronunciation | loanwords | historical linguistics

Pedagogical Linguistics 6:2 pp. 175–192 | article

Ivašković, Igor 2025 Terminology in genetic-linguistic studies as a political issue: The case of the South Slavic dialectal continuum

Keywords: language | speech | terminology | genetic linguistics | sociolinguistics | South Slavic languages

Terminology | Online First Publication, 21 pp. | article

Masciolini, Arianna, Andrew Caines, Orphée De Clercq, Joni Kruijsbergen, Murathan Kurfalı, Ricardo Muñoz Sánchez, Elena Volodina, Robert Östling, Kais Allkivi, Špela Arhar Holdt, Ilze Auzina, Roberts Darģis, Elena Drakonaki, Jennifer-Carmen Frey, Isidora Glišić, Pinelopi Kikilintza, Lionel Nicolas, Mariana Romanyshyn, Alexandr Rosen, Alla Rozovskaya, Kristjan Suluste, Oleksiy Syvokon, Alexandros Tantos, Despoina-Ourania Touriki, Konstantinos Tsiotskas, Eleni Tsourilla, Vassilis Varsamopoulos, Katrin Wisniewski, Aleš Žagar & Torsten Zesch 2025 Towards better language representation in Natural Language Processing: A multilingual dataset for text-level Grammatical Error Correction

Keywords: learner corpora | grammatical error correction | multilingual corpora | Matthew effect | MultiGEC shared task

International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 11:2 pp. 309–335 | review article | open access

Matejak, Dora 2024 Shaping gender policies at the COPs: A critical discourse analysis

Keywords: gender | climate change | COP | critical discourse analysis | environmental policymaking | UNFCCC

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 20 pp. | article

Maver, Darja Zorc 2024 Who are the others?: Oppression and vulnerability in the personal narratives of women

In: Linguistic, Literary, and Cultural Diversity in a Global Perspective, Bodomo, Adams & Carola Koblitz (eds.) [FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 21] pp. 197–207

Jurkovič, Violeta, Darja Mertelj & Saša Podgoršek 2024 Further step toward a definition of the core professional development needs of teachers of Languages for Specific Purposes in the European Higher Education Area

Keywords: LSP teachers | professional development needs | European Higher Education Area | curriculum design | mixed methodology study | profesores de LFE | necesidades de desarrollo profesional | EEES | diseño curricular | estudio de metodología mixta

Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 37:1 pp. 299–334 | article

Ivašković, Igor 2024 The role of identification criteria in language: The Croatian case

Keywords: language | dialects | identification | differentiation | arbitrariness | jezik | narječja | identifikacija | razlikovanje | proizvoljnost

Language Problems and Language Planning 48:1 pp. 1–25 | article

Ivašković, Igor 2024 Examining political influence on language: Contradictory linguistic lexical purging in the Croatian context

Keywords: sociolinguistics | political interventions | purism | Croatian language | criteria

Journal of Language and Politics 23:6 pp. 831–850 | article

Thiele, Daniel, Mojca Pajnik, Birgit Sauer & Iztok Šori 2023 Borderless fear?: How right-wing populism aligns in affectively framing migration as a security threat in Austria and Slovenia

Keywords: right-wing populism | migration | discourse | affects | framing | Austria | Slovenia

Journal of Language and Politics 23:2 pp. 176–196 | article | open access

Pahor de Maiti, Kristina, Jasmin Franza & Darja Fišer 2023 Haters in the spotlight: Gender and socially unacceptable Facebook comments

Keywords: hate speech | impoliteness | gender | opinion | implicitness | speech acts | social media

Internet Pragmatics 6:2 pp. 173–196 | article

Bychkova, Polina & Ekaterina Rakhilina 2023 Towards pragmatic construction typology: The case of discourse formulae

Keywords: discourse formulae | negative replies | lexical typology | frame-based approach | construction grammar

In: Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective, Barotto, Alessandra & Simone Mattiola (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 227] pp. 35–63

Pokorn, Nike K. 2023 Translation and diaspora: The role of English literary translations in Slovene émigré periodicals in the US

Keywords: diaspora | directionality | literary translation | periodicals | US émigré communities | Gideon Toury

Target 35:2 pp. 262–284 | article | open access

Vintar, Špela & Matej Martinc 2022 Framing karstology: From definitions to knowledge structures and automatic frame population

Keywords: frame-based terminology | word embeddings | semantic relations | karstology

Terminology 28:1 pp. 129–156 | article

Grin, François, László Marácz & Nike K. Pokorn 2022 General introduction

In: Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy, Grin, François, László Marácz & Nike K. Pokorn (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 9] p. 3

Pokorn, Nike K. & Jaka Čibej 2022 Migrants’ attitudes towards community interpreting

In: Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy, Grin, François, László Marácz & Nike K. Pokorn (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 9] pp. 257–274

De Cleen, Benjamin, Jana Goyvaerts, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Yannis Stavrakakis & Ilija Tomanić Trivundža 2020 An introduction to the special issue on ‘Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice’

Keywords: discourse theory | discourse analysis | Ernesto Laclau | Chantal Mouffe

Journal of Language and Politics 20:1 pp. 1–9 | article

Rodríguez Melchor, María Dolores, Manuela Motta, Elena Aguirre Fernández Bravo, Olga Egorova, Kate Ferguson & Tamara Mikolič Južnič 2020 Expertise and resources for interpreter training online: A student survey on pedagogical and technical dimensions of virtual learning environments

Keywords: virtual classes | best practices | conference interpreter training | online resources | classes virtuelles | bonnes pratiques | formation des interprètes de conférence | ressources en ligne

Babel 66:6 pp. 950–972 | article

Tomanić Trivundža, Ilija & Andreja Vezovnik 2020 “Symbolic photographs” as floating and empty signifiers: Iconic transformation of news photography

Keywords: symbolic photographs | news photography | floating signifier | empty signifier | iconicity | iteration

Journal of Language and Politics 20:1 pp. 145–161 | article

Pokorn, Nike K. & Tamara Mikolič Južnič 2020 Community interpreters versus intercultural mediators: Is it really all about ethics?

Keywords: ethics | codes of conduct | standards of practice | intercultural mediators | community interpreters

Translation and Interpreting Studies 15:1 p. 80 | article | open access

Zlatnar Moe, Marija & Tanja Žigon 2020 When the audience changes: Translating adult fiction for young readers

Keywords: literary translation | comics and fantasy translation | target reader | translation for children | translation into a peripheral language

Translation and Interpreting Studies 15:2 pp. 242–260 | article

Jontes, Dejan 2019 Ana Tominc (2017). The Discursive Construction of Class and Lifestyle: Celebrity chef cookbooks in post-socialist Slovenia

Journal of Language and Politics 18:4 pp. 646–649 | book review

Šifrar Kalan, Marjana 2019 Dumitrescu, Domnița and Patricia Lorena Andueza (eds.). 2018. L2 Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Teaching

Language and Dialogue 9:2 pp. 316–323 | book review

Mellinger, Christopher D. & Nike K. Pokorn 2018 Community interpreting, translation, and technology

Translation and Interpreting Studies 13:3 pp. 337–341 | introduction

Pokorn, Nike K. & Jaka Čibej 2018 “Do I want to learn a language spoken by two million people?”: Mediation choices by mid-term and long-term migrants

Keywords: mediation choices | mid-term migrants | long-term migrants | interpreting | translation

Language Problems and Language Planning 42:3 pp. 308–327 | article

Pokorn, Nike K. & Jaka Čibej 2018 “It’s so vital to learn Slovene”: Mediation choices by asylum seekers in Slovenia

Keywords: mediation strategies | short-term migrants | asylum seekers | interpreting | translation

Language Problems and Language Planning 42:3 pp. 288–307 | article

Sicherl, Eva 2017 A comparison of diminutive expressions in English and Slovene as exemplified by Roald Dahl’s Matilda

Keywords: evaluative morphology | diminutive | contrastive analysis | English / Slovene

Languages in Contrast 18:2 pp. 283–306 | article

Pisanski Peterlin, Agnes & Tamara Mikolič Južnič 2017 Contrasting pronominal subjects: A cross-linguistic corpus study of English, Italian and Slovene

Keywords: pronominal subject | translation | corpus analysis | English / Slovene | Italian / Slovene

Languages in Contrast 18:2 pp. 230–251 | article

Zorman, Marina 2017 Areal features of Hittite conditionals: Consequences for the reconstruction of Indo-European

Keywords: Hittite | Indo-European mood | Semitic | language contact | linguistic areas | subordination | conditional sentences

Diachronica 34:2 pp. 253–277 | article

Dobrovoljc, Kaja 2017 Multi-word discourse markers and their corpus-driven identification: The case of MWDM extraction from the reference corpus of spoken Slovene

Keywords: discourse markers | multi-word units | collocation extraction | association measures | spoken corpora

International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 22:4 pp. 551–582 | article

Pogacar, Ruth, Agnes Pisanski Peterlin, Nike K. Pokorn & Timothy Pogačar 2017 Sound symbolism in translation: A case study of character names in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist

Keywords: sound symbolism | Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist | Slovene | proper names

Translation and Interpreting Studies 12:1 pp. 137–161 | article

Pokorn, Nike K. 2017 “There is always some spatial limitation”: Spatial positioning and seating arrangement in healthcare interpreting

Keywords: positioning | seating arrangement | triangular positioning | parallel positioning | healthcare interpreting | standards of practice

Translation and Interpreting Studies 12:3 pp. 383–404 | article

Živanovic, Sašo 2016 Quo vadis, Slovenian bipartite pronouns?

In: Formal Studies in Slovenian Syntax: In honor of Janez Orešnik, Marušič, Franc Lanko & Rok Žaucer (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 236] pp. 313–328

Rivero, María Luisa & Milena Milojević Sheppard 2016 The Slovenian future auxiliary biti as a tenseless gradable evidential modal: Inferential and concessive readings

In: Formal Studies in Slovenian Syntax: In honor of Janez Orešnik, Marušič, Franc Lanko & Rok Žaucer (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 236] pp. 253–282

Ilc, Gašper & Tatjana Marvin 2016 Unaccusatives in Slovenian from a cross-linguistic perspective

In: Formal Studies in Slovenian Syntax: In honor of Janez Orešnik, Marušič, Franc Lanko & Rok Žaucer (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 236] pp. 145–166

Stritar, Mojca & Marko Stabej 2013 Chapter 9. EU and lesser-used languages: Slovene language in EU institutions

In: Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN project, Berthoud, Anne-Claude, François Grin & Georges Lüdi (eds.) [Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 2] pp. 179–204

Currie, Oliver 2013 Gradual change and continual variation: The history of a verb-initial construction in Welsh

In: Synchrony and Diachrony: A dynamic interface, Giacalone Ramat, Anna, Caterina Mauri & Piera Molinelli (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 133] pp. 43–78

Mikolic Juznic, Tamara 2012 A contrastive study of nominalization in the systemic functional framework

Keywords: nominalization | Italian/Slovene | systemic functional grammar | parallel corpus | grammatical metaphor

Languages in Contrast 12:2 pp. 251–276 | article

Pokorn, Nike K. 2012 Directionality

In: Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 2, Gambier, Yves & Luc van Doorslaer (eds.) [Handbook of Translation Studies, 2] pp. 37–39

Pokorn, Nike K. 2010 A world without God: Slovene Bambi

In: Why Translation Studies Matters, Gile, Daniel, Gyde Hansen & Nike K. Pokorn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 88] pp. 57–68

Zlatnar Moe, Marija 2010 Register shifts in translations of popular fiction from English into Slovene

In: Why Translation Studies Matters, Gile, Daniel, Gyde Hansen & Nike K. Pokorn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 88] pp. 125–136

Limon, David 2010 Translators as cultural mediators: Wish or reality? A question for Translation Studies

In: Why Translation Studies Matters, Gile, Daniel, Gyde Hansen & Nike K. Pokorn (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 88] pp. 29–40

Erjavec, Karmen 2009 The “Bosnian war on terrorism”

Keywords: Critical discourse analysis | Arab Muslims | war on terrorism | Bosnia-Herzegovina | mass media | recontextualisation

Journal of Language and Politics 8:1 p. 5 | article

Pokorn, Nike K. 2008 In defence of fuzziness

Keywords: acceptable term | fuzziness | mother tongue | native speaker | univocality

Target 19:2 pp. 327–336 | article

Milojević Sheppard, Milena & Marija Golden 2008 (Negative) Imperatives in Slovene

In: Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System, Barbiers, Sjef, Frits Beukema & Wim van der Wurff (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 47] pp. 245–259

Vintar, Spela 2002 Using Parallel Corpora for Translation-Oriented Term Extraction

Babel 47:2 pp. 121–132 | article

Stepanov, Arthur, Matic Pavlič, Sara Andreetta & Penka Stateva Morphosyntactic restructuring in a border-shift context: A production study in heritage Slovene

Keywords: border shift | heritage language | clitic placement | Genitive of Negation | Slovene

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism | Online First Publication, 32 pp. | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.