Dr Martin Bene拧

PhD

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Researcher

Profile

Areas of interest

Linguistic norms (normative aspects of language), language correctness, language cultivation, sociolinguistics, theoretical and practical aspects of orthography (orthographical systems), metalinguistics (approach to language)

Work experience

2006 鈥 present: researcher, Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences

2010 鈥 present: part-time lecturer at the Institute of Czech Language and Theory of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

2018 鈥 present: Editor-in-Chief of the linguistic journal Na拧e 艡e膷 (Our Speech)

2018 鈥 present: member of the Editorial Board for the Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Czech

2010 鈥 2018: editorial assistant of the linguistic journal Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky (Studies in Applied Linguistics)

Qualifications

2009鈥2017: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, doctoral studies (Ph.D.), specialization: Czech language

2003鈥2009: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Master鈥檚 degree (Mgr.), specialization: Czech language and literature 鈥 East Slavic studies with specialization in Polish studies

Research interests

Linguistic norms (normative aspects of language), language correctness, language cultivation, sociolinguistics, theoretical and practical aspects of orthography (orthographical systems), metalinguistics (approach to language)

Selected publications

Monographs

Bene拧, Martin (2019): 脷vod do teorie jazykov茅 spr谩vnosti [= Introduction to the Theory of Language Correctness]. Praha: Filozofick谩 fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 217 pp.

Bene拧, Martin (2019): 31 Z historie 膷esk茅ho pravopisu [= From the history of Czech Orthography]; 67 Morfematika 鈥 z谩kladn铆 pojmy [= Morphematics 鈥 basic concepts]; 68 Typy morf暖 a morf茅m暖 [Types of morphs and morphemes]; 139 Tvary z谩jmena j谩 [Forms of pronoun j谩 鈥業/me鈥橾. In: Mark茅ta Pravdov谩 鈥 Ivana Svobodov谩 (eds.), Akademick谩 p艡铆ru膷ka 膷esk茅ho jazyka [= Academic Vade Mecum of Czech Language]. Praha: Academia, pp. 132鈥136; 239鈥240; 241鈥250; 447鈥448.

Papers

Bene拧, Martin (2020; in print): Language rules, rule-sentences, and how they are interrelated, or Norm vs. codification. Na拧e 艡e膷, 103(5).

Bene拧, Martin (2020): Enantios茅mie z perspektivy lingvistick媒ch teori铆 intersubjektivity [= Enantiosemy from the perspective of linguistic theories of intersubjectivity]. Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky, 9(special issue), pp. 124鈥134.

Bene拧, Martin [in collaboration with Martin Pro拧ek, Kamila Smejkalov谩 and Veronika 艩t臎p谩nov谩] (2018): Interaction between language users and a language consulting center: challenges for Language Management Theory research. In: Ji艡铆 Nekvapil 鈥 Lisa Fairbrother 鈥 Mari谩n Sloboda (eds.), Language Management Approach: Special Focus on Research Methodology. New York, NY, et al.: Peter Lang, pp. 119鈥140.

Bene拧, Martin (2017): Co d谩l s jazykovou kulturou? N臎kolik pozn谩mek ke krit茅ri铆m jazykov茅 spr谩vnosti [= What is next for language cultivation: a few remarks on the criteria of language correctness]. In: Old艡ich Uli膷n媒 (ed.), Struktura v jazyce, jazyk v komunikaci [= Structure in Language: Language in Communication]. Liberec: Technick谩 univerzita v Liberci, pp. 109鈥118.

Bene拧, Martin (2017): Nesoulad pravidel a v臎t o pravidlech jako probl茅m jazykov茅 kultury [= Mismatch between rules and rule-sentences in the context of language cultivation]. In: O木ga Orgo艌ov谩 鈥 Alena Bohunick谩 鈥 Gabriela M煤cskov谩 鈥 Katar铆na Muzikov谩 鈥 Zuzana Popovi膷ov谩 Sedl谩膷kov谩 (eds.), Zborn铆k pr铆spevkov z medzin谩rodnej vedeckej konferencie: Jazyk a jazykoveda v s煤vislostiach: Univerzita Komensk茅ho v Bratislave, Filozofick谩 fakulta, Katedra slovensk茅ho jazyka, 11. 鈥 12. 9. 2017 [= Conference Proceedings from the International Scientific Conference 鈥淟anguage and Linguistics in Relation to Each Other鈥: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak Language, 11. 鈥 12. 9. 2017, Bratislava]. Bratislava: Univerzita Komensk茅ho v Bratislave, Filozofick谩 fakulta, Katedra slovensk茅ho jazyka, s. 275鈥287.

Bene拧, Martin (2016): Jak a pro膷 sociologizovat pohled na jazykovou kulturu [= How and why to sociologize the approach to language cultivation]. Na拧e 艡e膷, 99(5), pp. 227鈥242.

Bene拧, Martin (2015): Vlastn铆 jm茅na a psan铆 velk媒ch p铆smen v 膷e拧tin臎 [= Proper names and rules for capitalization in Czech]. In: Ivana Svobodov谩 et al., Psan铆 velk媒ch p铆smen v 膷e拧tin臎 [= Capitalization in Czech]. Praha: Academia, pp. 31鈥62.

Bene拧, Martin (2015): 膶esk媒 z谩pis problematick媒ch p谩d暖 polsk媒ch propri铆 s jednofunk膷n铆m p铆smenem i v koncov茅 slabice [= The Czech spelling of problematic cases of Polish proper names containing the mono-functional letter i in the final syllable]. Na拧e 艡e膷, 98(3), pp. 129鈥138.

Bene拧, Martin (2015): M谩me se vzd谩t dichotomick茅ho pohledu na 鈥瀓azyk鈥? [= Should we abandon the dichotomous approach to 鈥渓anguage鈥?] Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky, 6(2), pp. 181鈥191.

Bene拧, Martin (2014): Teorie p艡irozen茅ho s茅mantick茅ho metajazyka (Doslov k 膷esk茅mu vyd谩n铆) [= Theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (Afterword to the Czech edition)]. In: Anna Wierzbicka, S茅mantika: Element谩rn铆 a univerz谩ln铆 s茅mantick茅 jednotky [= Semantics: Primes and Universals]. Praha: Karolinum, pp. 489鈥497.

Bene拧, Martin (2013): Graf茅mika a 膷esk谩 grafick谩 soustava [= Graphemics and the Czech graphic system]. In: Old艡ich Uli膷n媒 (ed.), Studie k Modern铆 mluvnici 膷e拧tiny: 5, K 膷esk茅 fonetice a pravopisu [= Studies in Modern Czech Grammar: 5, On Czech Phonetics and Orthography]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack茅ho v Olomouci, Filozofick谩 fakulta, pp. 122鈥138.

Bene拧, Martin (2012): Psan铆 velk媒ch p铆smen v tzv. druhov茅 slo啪ce pojmenov谩n铆 [= Capitalization in the so-called generic component of naming conventions in Czech]. Na拧e 艡e膷, 95(4), pp. 169鈥180.

Bene拧, Martin [in collaboration with Martin Pro拧ek] (2011): Ke konceptu minim谩ln铆 intervence [= On the Concept of Minimal Intervention]. Slovo a slovesnost, 72(1), pp. 39鈥55.

Bene拧, Martin (2011): K probl茅mu kompozicionality jazykov茅ho v媒znamu [= On the problem of compositionality of linguistic meaning]. Na拧e 艡e膷, 94(2), pp. 57鈥70.

Reviews

Bene拧, Martin (2013): 脷skal铆 odborn茅 lingvistick茅 komunikace: Pavel Nov谩k: Lingvistika a jazykov谩 realita [= The rigors of scholarly communication in linguistics. Pavel Nov谩k: Linguistics and the reality of language]. Na拧e 艡e膷, 96(3), pp. 151鈥160. [Review of: Nov谩k, Pavel (2010): Lingvistika a jazykov谩 realita: V媒bor z d铆la. Praha: Akropolis.]

Bene拧, Martin (2013): Analogie jazyka a DNA [= Language and DNA as an analogy]. Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky [= Studies in Applied Linguistics], 4(2), pp. 118鈥127. [Review of: Falt媒nek, Dan (2011): S茅miotick茅 primitivy v konstrukci gramatik: Testov谩n铆 gramatick媒ch popis暖 jazyka a DNA. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack茅ho v Olomouci.]

Bene拧, Martin (2010): Jak ps谩t d臎jiny lingvistiky. Lingvistick茅 my拧len铆 Ferdinanda de Saussura jako p艡edm臎t koncepce d臎jin lingvistiky E. F. K. Koernera [= How to write the history of linguistics: The linguistic thinking of F. de Saussure as the subject of E. F. K. Koerner鈥檚 conceptualization of linguistic history ]. Na拧e 艡e膷 [= Our Speech], 93(4鈥5), pp. 260鈥265.

Translations

Itkonen, Esa (2015): 脷st艡edn铆 role normativity v jazyce a v lingvistice [= The central role of normativity for language and linguistics]. In: Jordan Zlatev 鈥 Timothy Racine 鈥 Chris Sinha 鈥 Esa Itkonen (eds.), The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity. Amsterdam 鈥 Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins. pp. 279鈥305]. Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky, 6(2), s. 95鈥117.

Itkonen, Esa (2015): O roli v臎dom铆 v jazyce a v lingvistice [= Concerning the role of consciousness in linguistics]. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15(6), pp. 15鈥33]. Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky, 6(2), pp. 118鈥133.

Wierzbicka, Anna (2014): S茅mantika: Element谩rn铆 a univerz谩ln铆 s茅mantick茅 jednotky [= Semantics: Primes and Universals. Oxford 鈥 New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996]. Praha: Karolinum, 550 pp.

Zieli艅ska, Dorota (2014): Procedur谩ln铆 model jazyka: Lingvistika z pohledu teorie model暖 empirick媒ch v臎d [= Proceduralny model j臋zyka: J臋zykoznawstwo z pozycji teorii modeli nauk empirycznych. Krak贸w: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiello艅skiego, 1997]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack茅ho v Olomouci, 268 pp.

Bartmi艅ski, Jerzy (2010): 脷hel pohledu, perspektiva, jazykov媒 obraz sv臎ta [= Punkt widzenia, perspektywa, j臋zykowy obraz 艣wiata. In: Jerzy Bartmi艅ski, J臋zykowe podstawy obrazu 艣wiata. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, pp. 76鈥88]. Studie z aplikovan茅 lingvistiky, 1(1), pp. 111鈥130.

Edited volumes

Bene拧, Martin 鈥 Dufek, Ond艡ej (eds.) (2020): Ludmila: Uhl铆艡ov谩: O pravidelnosti a mnohotv谩rnosti v jazykov茅 komunikaci: V媒bor z d铆la [= Ludmila Uhl铆艡ov谩: On Regularity and Diversity in Language Communication: Selected Writings]. Praha: Akropolis, 424 pp.

Participation  in international conferences

2019 鈥 How to investigate non-spatiotemporal linguistic entities: Preliminary remarks. Pozna艅 Linguistic Meeting 2019 (PLM 2019). Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna艅, Poland, 17.09.2019.

2018 鈥 Enquirers鈥 disagreement on the proposed solution in the context of language consulting service. Second International Conference on Sociolinguistics: Insights from Superdiversity, Complexity and Multimodality (ICS.2). E枚tv枚s Lor谩nd University, Budapest, Hungary, 07.09.2018.

2018 鈥 Language rules, usage and the so-called rule sentences in the context of language consulting service (LCS). Challenges of Linguistic Consultation Services: Symposium (18 October 2018). Latvian Language Agency, R墨ga, Latvia, 18.10.2018.