Dr Martin Bene邸

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

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

2018  present: Editor-in-Chief of the linguistic journal Na邸e e (Our Speech)

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

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

Qualifications

20092017: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, doctoral studies (Ph.D.), specialization: Czech language

20032009: Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Masters degree (Mgr.), specialization: Czech language and literature 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邸, Martin (2019): vod do teorie jazykov辿 spr叩vnosti [= Introduction to the Theory of Language Correctness]. Praha: Filozofick叩 fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 217 pp.

Bene邸, Martin (2019): 31 Z historie esk辿ho pravopisu [= From the history of Czech Orthography]; 67 Morfematika z叩kladn鱈 pojmy [= Morphematics basic concepts]; 68 Typy morf哲 a morf辿m哲 [Types of morphs and morphemes]; 139 Tvary z叩jmena j叩 [Forms of pronoun j叩 I/me]. In: Mark辿ta Pravdov叩 Ivana Svobodov叩 (eds.), Akademick叩 p鱈ruka esk辿ho jazyka [= Academic Vade Mecum of Czech Language]. Praha: Academia, pp. 132136; 239240; 241250; 447448.

Papers

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

Bene邸, Martin (2020): Enantios辿mie z perspektivy lingvistick箪ch teori鱈 intersubjektivity [= Enantiosemy from the perspective of linguistic theories of intersubjectivity]. Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky, 9(special issue), pp. 124134.

Bene邸, Martin [in collaboration with Martin Pro邸ek, Kamila Smejkalov叩 and Veronika tp叩nov叩] (2018): Interaction between language users and a language consulting center: challenges for Language Management Theory research. In: Ji鱈 Nekvapil Lisa Fairbrother Mari叩n Sloboda (eds.), Language Management Approach: Special Focus on Research Methodology. New York, NY, et al.: Peter Lang, pp. 119140.

Bene邸, Martin (2017): Co d叩l s jazykovou kulturou? Nkolik pozn叩mek ke krit辿ri鱈m jazykov辿 spr叩vnosti [= What is next for language cultivation: a few remarks on the criteria of language correctness]. In: Oldich Ulin箪 (ed.), Struktura v jazyce, jazyk v komunikaci [= Structure in Language: Language in Communication]. Liberec: Technick叩 univerzita v Liberci, pp. 109118.

Bene邸, Martin (2017): Nesoulad pravidel a vt o pravidlech jako probl辿m jazykov辿 kultury [= Mismatch between rules and rule-sentences in the context of language cultivation]. In: O直ga Orgoov叩 Alena Bohunick叩 Gabriela M炭cskov叩 Katar鱈na Muzikov叩 Zuzana Popoviov叩 Sedl叩kov叩 (eds.), Zborn鱈k pr鱈spevkov z medzin叩rodnej vedeckej konferencie: Jazyk a jazykoveda v s炭vislostiach: Univerzita Komensk辿ho v Bratislave, Filozofick叩 fakulta, Katedra slovensk辿ho jazyka, 11. 12. 9. 2017 [= Conference Proceedings from the International Scientific Conference Language and Linguistics in Relation to Each Other: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak Language, 11. 12. 9. 2017, Bratislava]. Bratislava: Univerzita Komensk辿ho v Bratislave, Filozofick叩 fakulta, Katedra slovensk辿ho jazyka, s. 275287.

Bene邸, Martin (2016): Jak a pro sociologizovat pohled na jazykovou kulturu [= How and why to sociologize the approach to language cultivation]. Na邸e e, 99(5), pp. 227242.

Bene邸, Martin (2015): Vlastn鱈 jm辿na a psan鱈 velk箪ch p鱈smen v e邸tin [= Proper names and rules for capitalization in Czech]. In: Ivana Svobodov叩 et al., Psan鱈 velk箪ch p鱈smen v e邸tin [= Capitalization in Czech]. Praha: Academia, pp. 3162.

Bene邸, Martin (2015): esk箪 z叩pis problematick箪ch p叩d哲 polsk箪ch propri鱈 s jednofunkn鱈m p鱈smenem i v koncov辿 slabice [= The Czech spelling of problematic cases of Polish proper names containing the mono-functional letter i in the final syllable]. Na邸e e, 98(3), pp. 129138.

Bene邸, Martin (2015): M叩me se vzd叩t dichotomick辿ho pohledu na jazyk? [= Should we abandon the dichotomous approach to language?] Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky, 6(2), pp. 181191.

Bene邸, Martin (2014): Teorie pirozen辿ho s辿mantick辿ho metajazyka (Doslov k esk辿mu vyd叩n鱈) [= Theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (Afterword to the Czech edition)]. In: Anna Wierzbicka, S辿mantika: Element叩rn鱈 a univerz叩ln鱈 s辿mantick辿 jednotky [= Semantics: Primes and Universals]. Praha: Karolinum, pp. 489497.

Bene邸, Martin (2013): Graf辿mika a esk叩 grafick叩 soustava [= Graphemics and the Czech graphic system]. In: Oldich Ulin箪 (ed.), Studie k Modern鱈 mluvnici e邸tiny: 5, K esk辿 fonetice a pravopisu [= Studies in Modern Czech Grammar: 5, On Czech Phonetics and Orthography]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack辿ho v Olomouci, Filozofick叩 fakulta, pp. 122138.

Bene邸, Martin (2012): Psan鱈 velk箪ch p鱈smen v tzv. druhov辿 slo転ce pojmenov叩n鱈 [= Capitalization in the so-called generic component of naming conventions in Czech]. Na邸e e, 95(4), pp. 169180.

Bene邸, Martin [in collaboration with Martin Pro邸ek] (2011): Ke konceptu minim叩ln鱈 intervence [= On the Concept of Minimal Intervention]. Slovo a slovesnost, 72(1), pp. 3955.

Bene邸, Martin (2011): K probl辿mu kompozicionality jazykov辿ho v箪znamu [= On the problem of compositionality of linguistic meaning]. Na邸e e, 94(2), pp. 5770.

Reviews

Bene邸, Martin (2013): skal鱈 odborn辿 lingvistick辿 komunikace: Pavel Nov叩k: Lingvistika a jazykov叩 realita [= The rigors of scholarly communication in linguistics. Pavel Nov叩k: Linguistics and the reality of language]. Na邸e e, 96(3), pp. 151160. [Review of: Nov叩k, Pavel (2010): Lingvistika a jazykov叩 realita: V箪bor z d鱈la. Praha: Akropolis.]

Bene邸, Martin (2013): Analogie jazyka a DNA [= Language and DNA as an analogy]. Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky [= Studies in Applied Linguistics], 4(2), pp. 118127. [Review of: Falt箪nek, Dan (2011): S辿miotick辿 primitivy v konstrukci gramatik: Testov叩n鱈 gramatick箪ch popis哲 jazyka a DNA. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack辿ho v Olomouci.]

Bene邸, Martin (2010): Jak ps叩t djiny lingvistiky. Lingvistick辿 my邸len鱈 Ferdinanda de Saussura jako pedmt koncepce djin 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. Koerners conceptualization of linguistic history ]. Na邸e e [= Our Speech], 93(45), pp. 260265.

Translations

Itkonen, Esa (2015): stedn鱈 role normativity v jazyce a v lingvistice [= The central role of normativity for language and linguistics]. In: Jordan Zlatev Timothy Racine Chris Sinha Esa Itkonen (eds.), The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity. Amsterdam Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins. pp. 279305]. Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky, 6(2), s. 95117.

Itkonen, Esa (2015): O roli vdom鱈 v jazyce a v lingvistice [= Concerning the role of consciousness in linguistics]. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15(6), pp. 1533]. Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky, 6(2), pp. 118133.

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

Zieliska, Dorota (2014): Procedur叩ln鱈 model jazyka: Lingvistika z pohledu teorie model哲 empirick箪ch vd [= Proceduralny model jzyka: Jzykoznawstwo z pozycji teorii modeli nauk empirycznych. Krak坦w: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagielloskiego, 1997]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palack辿ho v Olomouci, 268 pp.

Bartmiski, Jerzy (2010): hel pohledu, perspektiva, jazykov箪 obraz svta [= Punkt widzenia, perspektywa, jzykowy obraz wiata. In: Jerzy Bartmiski, Jzykowe podstawy obrazu wiata. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, pp. 7688]. Studie z aplikovan辿 lingvistiky, 1(1), pp. 111130.

Edited volumes

Bene邸, Martin Dufek, Ondej (eds.) (2020): Ludmila: Uhl鱈ov叩: O pravidelnosti a mnohotv叩rnosti v jazykov辿 komunikaci: V箪bor z d鱈la [= Ludmila Uhl鱈ov叩: On Regularity and Diversity in Language Communication: Selected Writings]. Praha: Akropolis, 424 pp.

Participation  in international conferences

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

2018 Enquirers 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旦tv旦s Lor叩nd University, Budapest, Hungary, 07.09.2018.

2018 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朝ga, Latvia, 18.10.2018.