Western South Slavic languages and linguistics at KU
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The KU Slavic Department is the foremost department outside of Europe to study the languages and linguistics of the Western South Slavic languages, BCS (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) and Slovene. Regular courses of study of BCS from beginning to advanced are offered yearly. Students who already have an advanced knowledge of BCS can take courses in Slovene, which can be organized at the beginning of each academic year if there is sufficient demand. Undergraduate majors and graduates can specialize in South Slavic, with a particular emphasis on advanced study at the MA and PhD levels.
Two regular faculty members have significant research interests connected with the Western South Slavic languages:
Prof. Stephen M. Dickey, specialist in cognitive linguistics, Slavic verbal aspect, extensive experience in the areas of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian linguistics and translation. The latter includes almost two years of work with the ICTY in The Hague, as well as the translation of various works of Serbian and Croatian prose and poetry, including the Bosnian Meša Selimović's Death and the Dervish and the Serb Borislav Pekić's How to Quiet a Vampire.
Prof. Marc L. Greenberg, specialist in historical linguistics and dialectology, has written a definitive historical phonology of Slovene and conducted dialect fieldwork in Croatia and Slovenia. Interests are in accentology, etymology, mechanisms of change, language and identity, and language contact.
Ms. Marta Pirnat-Greenberg, Instructor, specializes in language pedagogy and teaches language courses in BCS and Slovene. She has taught at Ljubljana University, Yale, Indiana at Bloomington (Summer Workshops), and the University of Kansas. She has translated extensively from BCS and Slovene to English and vice-versa. See a sample of her pedagogical materials here.
Further information
Visit the information pages for BCS and Slovene at KU:
BCS
Slovene
