Language support
Contracting authority: DZP/PRAE
Service provider: SLORI
Principal investigator: Andreja Kalc, MSc
Co-investigators: Dr Matejka Grgič, Dr Damjan Popič, Dr Maja Melinc Mlekuž
Second phase of services implementation: 2020
The language support services involve professional support for improving Slovene language proficiency at the central newspaper of the Slovene national community in Italy as a mediator of language practices to other Slovene language users in Italy.
These services include:
- proofreading of journalistic articles, linguistic review and ongoing collection of materials on the phenomena related to Slovene-Italian language contact;
- On the basis of these services, two versions of a language manual for journalists were produced, dealing mainly with cases relevant to the language situation of Slovenes in Italy.
- A weekly language column was published, authored by Andreja Kalc, MSc, Dr Matejka Grgič, Dr Damjan Popič, and Dr Maja Melinc Mlekuž;
- “Language Emergency” – an ongoing language counselling service for journalists and other professional associates was conducted through two closed groups on Messenger.
- Language workshops were conducted for the advertising department and writers of the youth section Direkt.