The Dictionary of the Dubrovnik Idiom

Activities

1st PROJECT YEAR
(January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024)

Workshops

  • Under the leadership of Lana Hudeček, PhD, the TLex workshop was held on November 27 and 28, 2024, at the Institute of the Croatian Language

Papers

Scientific papers:

Popular science and professional publications:

Presentations

International Conferences Abroad:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana. Grammatica del croato scritta in italiano nel 1808 e l’importanza che ha avuto per la standardizzazione delle lingua croata. III Convegno Internazionale Italiano e lingue slave: confronti linguistici, traduttivi e culturali. Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, May 27–29, 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (poster)

International Conferences in Croatia:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana; Kramarić, Martina. The Dubrovnik idiom through time. Crafting a Diachronic Dictionary. Lexicography and Semantics. XXI EURALEX International Congress, October 8–12, 2024 in Cavtat

Conferences in Croatia:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana; Hudeček, Lana. Staro i knjiško s novim i uličnim u istim koricama. Povijest hrvatskoga jezika i digitalno doba – o 500. obljetnici smrti Marka Marulića (Institut for the Croatian language and National and University Library in Zagreb), November 21–22, 2024 in Zagreb

 

Popularization

In Dubrovnik, two cycles of workshops (with different content) on the Dubrovnik idiom were held for primary school students in May and in October, supported by and hosted in the Dubrovnik Libraries. A text from the popular comedy Mare Fjočica by Jozo Lovrić Jadrijevo was offered. The workshops were designed by Dr. Ivana Lovrić Jović, conducted by Nikolina Kuraica, MA in Croatian Language Education, and performed on stage by Croatian language teacher and amateur actress Tajana Martić.

These workshops aim to raise awareness of the Dubrovnik idiom by encouraging students to identify its unique vocabulary, phonology, and syntax. By analyzing historical and contemporary texts, students will explore the evolution of their idiom — from the 16th and 17th centuries, a period that shaped the standardization of Croatian and earned the idiom its status as protected intangible heritage, to the modern form used today.

2nd PROJECT YEAR
(January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025)

Papers

  • Horvat, Marijana; Hudeček, Lana Hudeček. Sintaktički podatci u povijesnim i suvremenim rječnicima hrvatskoga jezika. Zbornik u čast Milanu Mihaljeviću. Staroslavenski institut. The work has been submitted and is in the process of being published.
  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana i Hudeček, Lana. Staro i knjiško s novim i uličnim u istim koricama – Digitalni dijakronijski rječnik dubrovačkoga govora u nastajanju. Rasprave IHJ posvećene znanstvenomu skupu Povijest hrvatskoga jezika i digitalno doba – o 500. obljetnici smrti Marka Marulića održanomu 21. i 22. studenoga 2024. The work has been submitted and is in the process of being published.

Presentation

Conferences in Croatia:

  • Horvat, Marijana; Lovrić Jović, Ivana: Dubrovački književni jezik u leksiku Kašićeva Nasledovan’ja – teksta koji još uvijek nije transkribiran ni proučen u cijelosti, Znanstveni skup Bartol Kašić – život, djelo, suvremenici (37. K)NJIGA MEDITERANA), Literary Circle Split, October 6, 2025 in Split
  • Horvat, Marijana; Lovrić Jović, Ivana: Crtice o tvorbenim i leksičkim obilježjima Kašićeva Nasledovanʼja, Znanstveni kolokvij u povodu 450. obljetnice rođenja Bartola Kašića, November, 5 2025, Croatian State Archives and Institute for the Croatian language in Zagreb
  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana, Round-table discussion: Riječ po riječ, rječnik po rječnik… November 27, 2025, Institut for the Croatian Language in Zagreb
  • Hudeček, Lana: O nekoliko rječničkih izvora Instituta za hrvatski jezik, presentation at the Department of Teacher Education, University of Zadar, held together with Goranka Blagus Bartolec and Ivana Matas Ivanković, who presented Rječnik velikoga i maloga početnog slova). March 11, 2025 in Zadar

Other presentation:

(This lecture marked the beginning of Croatian Language Month. (The Institute for the Croatian Language is the founder and organizer of Croatian Language Month, a manifestation it launched in 2014. This month-long celebration begins on February 21 (International Mother Language Day) and concludes on March 17, the anniversary of the 1967 Declaration on the Name and Position of the Croatian Literary Languaged.)

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana: O nastajanju prvoga korpusno utemeljenoga rječnika dubrovačkoga govora, a one-hour lecture organized by the Matica Hrvatska – September 2, 2025 in Ston (Dubrovnik)

Popularization

In Dubrovnik, a cycle of workshops on the Dubrovnik idiom for primary school students was held in December, supported by and hosted in the Dubrovnik Libraries. Titled Let’s Chat in Dubrovnik Speech, the program offered a text from satirical newspapers from the beginning of the 20ᵗʰ century in which the lexical layer was described. The workshops were designed by Dr. Ivana Lovrić Jović, conducted by Nikolina Kuraica, MA in Croatian Language Education, and the text was performed on stage by Croatian language teacher and amateur actress Tajana Martić.

These workshops aim to raise awareness of the Dubrovnik idiom by encouraging students to identify its unique vocabulary, phonology, and syntax. By analyzing historical and contemporary texts, students will explore the evolution of their idiom — from the 16th and 17th centuries, a period that shaped the standardization of Croatian and earned the idiom its status as protected intangible heritage, to the modern form used today.

On March 1st 2025, the project leader appeared as a solo guest on the half-hour show on Croatian Radio: Plavi razgovori // Blue Conversations

https://narodna.dkd.hr/programi/mladi/ucim-dakle-jesam/pocele-radionice-dubrovackoga-govora

https://os-amasle-orasac.skole.hr/odrzana-radionica-dubrovackog-govora/

 3rd PROJECT YEAR
(January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026)

Papers

Scientific papers:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana; Hudeček, Lana. 2026. Synonyms That Never Met: On the Compilation of the Dictionary of the Dubrovnik Idiom. Proceedings of the XXII EURALEX International Congress. In press.
  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana; Hudeček, Lana. 2026. Arcaico e libresco con moderno e colloquiale nella stessa copertina – Dizionario diacronico digitale dell’idioma di Dubrovnik in corso. Rasprave IHJ posvećene skupu Povijest hrvatskoga jezika i digitalno doba – o 500. obljetnici smrti Marka Marulića. 227–244.

Popular science and professional publications:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana. 2026. Ribarske svađe Morane Čale: ugledni ogled staroga jezika za najnoviji Dubrovnik. Časopis Dubrovnik 3-4/2026. Matica hrvatska – Ogranak Dubrovnik. In press.

Presentation

Conferences in Croatia:

  • Hudeček, Lana; Lovrić Jović, Ivana: Od uporabe do norme: Leksikografija s onu stranu standarda, Znanstveni skup Od norme do uporabe, Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku, 25. i 26. rujna 2026. u Osijeku
  • Hudeček, Lana; Lovrić Jović, Ivana: Napomene kao dio rječničke mikrostrukture – primjer rječnika za nasljedne i neizvorne govornike hrvatskoga jezika i rječnika dubrovačkog govor. HDPL: XL. međunarodni znanstveni skup Jezik od konceptualizacije do primjene, Filozofski fakultet u Puli, 25. – 27. lipnja 2026. u Puli

Internacional Conferences abroad:

  • Lovrić Jović, Ivana; Hudeček, Lana: Synonims That never met: On the Compilation of the Dictionary of the Dubrovnik idiom. XXII EURALEX International Congress: Lexicography in the Age of AI, 29 September to 3 October 2026, Viena, Austria

 

Popularization

In Dubrovnik, authored by Ivana Lovrić Jović, PhD, two cycles of workshops on the Dubrovnik dialect for elementary school students were held with the support of and on the premises of the Dubrovnik Libraries. The first one (as the second part of last year’s cycle) was carried out in January under the title Let’s Chat in the Dubrovnik Dialect (Pročakulajmo na dubrovačkome). A text from a satirical newspaper from the beginning of the 20th century was presented, and the phonological, morphological, and lexical levels were analyzed. The second, new two-part cycle began in September under the title Gold or Love (Zlato oli amor), focusing on the lexical level of the text. The workshops are conducted by Nikolina Kuraica, MA in Croatian Education, while the text is performed on stage by Croatian language teacher and amateur actress Tajana Martić.

https://www.dkd.hr/novosti/pocele-radionice-dubrovackoga-govora-11