Education
2008–2014 PhD in Croatian Linguistics (Dissertation: The Status of Idioms in the Croatian Dictionary of the Literary Language)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2002–2007 MA, Majors: Croatian and Information Science
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Employment
2023–to date Senior Research Associate
Institute for Linguistic Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2017–2023 Research Associate
Institute for Linguistic Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2014–2017 Senior Assistant
Institute for Linguistic Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2008–2014 Assistant
Institute for Linguistic Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Project Experience
2022–to date Researcher
COST Action CA21167 – Universality, diversity and idiosyncrasy in language technology (UniDive)
2008–to date Researcher
Dictionary of the Croatian Literary Language from the Revival to Ivan Goran Kovačić (Vol. S–Ž)
Institute for Linguistic Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Professional Activities
2019–to date Editorial Assistant
Folia Onomastica Croatica, journal of the Department of Philological Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2019–to date Language Editor
Filologija, journal of the Department of Philological Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2010–2018 Editorial Assistant
Filologija, journal of the Department of Philological Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Memberships
European Association for Lexicography – Euralex
Croatian Applied Linguistics Society
Slavic Cognitive Linguistic Association
Web page (Croatian)
Publications
Education
2011–2019 PhD in Linguistics (Dissertation: Variation of Verbal Idioms in English and Croatian: A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
1993–1998 BA, Majors: English and Russian
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Employment
2021–to date Assistant Professor
English Language Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
2016–2021 Lecturer (Part-time)
English Language Teacher Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
2014–2021 Lecturer (Part-time)
School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb
2011–2014 Translator
Metaphora, Zagreb, Croatia
2003–2011 Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
1999–2003 Language Instructor
LINK-BS, Zagreb, Croatia
Courses Taught
Faculty of Teacher Education
Figurative Language in EFL, Applied Linguistics, Developing Skills in English
Department of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phraseology, Lexicology and Lexicography for Translators, English Syntax
Project Experience
2023 Principal Investigator
Developing young L2 learners’ metaphorical competence: An online resource for teachers
Funding Body: University of Zagreb
2022–to date Researcher
COST Action CA21167 – Universality, diversity and idiosyncrasy in language technology (UniDive)
2022 Principal Investigator
Core Figurative Vocabulary in English as a Foreign Language
Funding Body: University of Zagreb
2020–2021 Researcher
Croatian as the Language of Instruction
Funding Body: University of Zagreb
2018–2019 Researcher
Croatian-Polish Contrastive Studies
Funding Body: University of Zagreb
2007–2011 Research Assistant
Theoretical Cognitive Linguistic Research of Croatian and Other Languages
Funding Body: Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia
2003–2006 Research Assistant
Analysis of the Translation Process: Linguistic and Cultural Aspects
Funding Body: Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia
Memberships
Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA)
EUROPHRAS (European Society of Phraseology)
Web page (Croatian)
Publications