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Institute for Serbian Language of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Country to which the institution belongs |
Serbia |
Foundation date |
1947 |
Type of institution |
Scientific Research Institute |
Parent body or organisation |
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
Language with which the institution is concerned |
Serbian |
Description of objectives, tasks and primary activities of the institution |
Institute for the Serbian language is a central scholarly institution dedicated to synchronic and diachronic studies of the Serbian language and to compiling its major dictionaries. Apart from practical lexicogra phy (dictionary of contemporary language, etymological dictionary, historical dictionary, dialectological dictionaries, a tergo dictionary, etc.) its collaborators are engaged in theoretical lexicography and lexicology, dialectology, etymology, historical linguistics, standardization issues, and other disciplines of Serbian linguistics. The Institute has recently begun a systematic work on digitization of dictionaries and lexicographic materials. |
Responsible person |
Jasna Vlajić-Popović, PhD (Director) |
Number of staff |
71 (65 researchers, 6 technical support) |
Periodicals and serial publications |
Srpski dijalektološki zbornik (scientific journal) Južnoslovenski filolog (scientific journal) Naš jezik (scientific journal) Lingvističke aktuelnosti (scientific journal) Series „Biblioteka Južnoslovenskog filologa” Series „Monografije“ |
Addresss of the institution |
Knez Mihailova 36/I, 11000 Beograd, Srbija |
Languages in which the organisation is able to communicate actively |
Serbian, English, Russian |
Languages in which the instituion is able to receive communications |
Serbian, English, French, Italian, German, Turkish, all Slavic languages |