Snježana Kordić

Snježana Kordić
Snježana Kordić (2010)
Born	(1964-10-29) 29 October 1964 (age 52) Osijek, Yugoslavia (present-day Osijek, Republic of Croatia)
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Education	MSci, DPhil (Zagreb), Dr habil. (Münster)
Alma mater	University of Osijek University of Zagreb University of Münster
Occupation	Linguistics
Years active	1990–present
Employer	Joseph George Strossmayer University of Osijek University of Zagreb Ruhr-University Bochum Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster Humboldt University of Berlin Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Notable work	Relativna rečenica (1995) Riječi na granici punoznačnosti (2002) Jezik i nacionalizam (2010)
Website	snjezana-kordic.from.hr

Snježana Kordić (pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrdit͡ɕ]; born 29 October 1964) is a Croatian linguist. In addition to her work in syntax, she has written on sociolinguistics. Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive language policy in Croatia. Her 2010 book on language and nationalism popularises the theory of pluricentric languages in the Balkans.

Snježana Kordić obtained a degree from Osijek University (1988) and an M.Sci. in Linguistics from the Faculty of Philosophy at the Zagreb University (1992). She earned her Ph.D. in Zagreb (1993). In Germany she obtained a habilitation in Slavic Philology (qualification at professorship level) from the University of Münster in 2002.

Kordić taught and conducted research at a number of Croatian and German universities. From 1990-91 she was an assistant at the Osijek University, and from 1991-95 she was an assistant at the Zagreb University. Then she moved to Germany and was a lecturer at the Bochum University from 1993-98. She later served as an associate professor at the Münster University from 1998-2004. After that, she was a visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 2004-05. From 2005-07 she was a lecturer at the Frankfurt University.