Özörencik Helena, Mgr.

ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helena-Ozorencik

Areas of research specialization

sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language management, language ideologies, multilingualism, language and gender

Academic work experience

since 2014, Department of Stylistics and Sociolinguistics

Education

2013 MA in Czech language and literature, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

2013 BA in Turcology – General linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

Stays abroad

2016, a DAAD stay at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Publications

Peer-reviewed monograph chapters

Özörencik, H. (2021). Language Revolution Revisited? Insights from Analyzing Language Ideologies in Discourse around Gender Sensitive Language. In: Bartholomä, Ruth – Laut, Jan Peter (eds.). The Turkish Language Reform and Beyond: A Never-Ending Story? Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021, pp. 47-76.
Özörencik, H. – Hromadová, M. A. (2019): Monolingual Language Ideology, Multilingual Families and the Dynamics of Linguistic Diversity in the Czech Republic. Insights from Analysis of Discursive Practices in Research Interviews. In E. Boix (ed.), Family multilingualism in middle sized language communities. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, pp. 107-146.
Özörencik, H. – Hromadová, M. A. (2018): Between implementing and creating: Mothers of children with plurilingual family background and the Czech Republic’s language acquisition policy. In M. F. Hult, M. Siiner & T. Kupisch (eds), Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning. Language Policy Series. Springer, pp. 33-54.
Özörencik, H. (2018): Family language management in a multilingual setting: The case of Turkish families in Prague. In M. Sloboda, J. Nekvapil & L. Fairbrother (eds.), The language management approach: Focus on methodology. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Peter Lang Edition, pp. 347-368.

Articles

Özörencik, H. (2024). A female name cannot be registered for a physical person of male sex, and vice versa”: Language management and language ideologies in the self-help discourse of the transgender community in the Czech Republic. Working Papers in Language Management, 10.
Özörencik, H. (2017): Osobní jména jako předmět jazykové politiky v česko-slovenském srovnání. Naše řeč 100, year 2017, vol. 5, pp. 294-300.
Sherman, T., Hromadová, M. A., Özörencik, H., Zaepernicková, E., Nekvapil, J. (2016): Two sociolinguistic perspectives on multilingual families. Slovo a slovesnost 77 (3), pp. 202-218.

Selected reviews and reports

Özörencik, H. (2024). István Lanstyák – Milan Samko – Szilárd Sebők (eds.): Jazykové a komunikačné problémy na Slovensku a ich manažment. Slovo a slovesnost 85(1), pp. 60-64.
Kopecký, J. – Nekvapil, J. – Özörencik, H. – Sherman, T. (2019): Superdiverzita, komplexita a multimodálnost. Slovo a slovesnost, 80 (1), pp. 68-74.
Özörencik, H. (2018): István Lanstyák – Gabriela Múcsková – Jozef Tancer (eds.): Jazyky a jazykové ideológie v kontexte viacjazyčnosti na Slovensku. Slovo a slovesnost, 79 (3), pp. 251-255.

Grants

2019-2021 Podíl syntaktických, prozodických a neverebálních prostředků na sekvenčním utváření rozhovorů v češtině (GACR; principal investigator: Mgr. Martin Havlík, Ph.D.)
2014-2016 Mezigenerační předávání jazyka v jazykově smíšených rodinách v ČR (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague; principal investigator: Helena Özörencik)

Teaching

since 2023, Linguistic Anthropology of Central Europe, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (1 lecture on language and gender per term)
2019 Language diversities and language policies in the Czech Republic, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

International conference participation

Genderové perspektivy v humanitních a sociálních vědách, Filozofická fakulta UK, Praha, 8. 3. 2023 (příspěvek Dělání genderu, jazykový management a sebepodpůrný diskurz českého transgender společenství.)
Conference “Current Discourses on Language Policy and Planning in Turkic Speaking Countries”, University of Freiburg, 3.–5. dubna 2019 (příspěvek Insights from Analysing Language Ideologies in Discourse around Gender Sensitive Language
2nd International Conference on Sociolinguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapešť, 6.–8. 9. 2018 (příspěvek Teaching ‚foreign pupils‘ Czech. Linguistic integration between official language policy and local policing practices. spolu s M. Hromadovou).
Global approaches to Multilingualism and Standardisation, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 16.-18. 4. 2018 (příspěvek Acceptance, metalinguistic discourse and standard language ideology: the case of Standard Bosnian).
5th International Language Management Symposium: Interests and Power in Language Management. Universität Regensburg, 12.–14. 9. 2017 (příspěvek Modernization as a problem of language. Conflicting interests in the top-down language management in Turkey).
1st International Conference on Sociolinguistics. Insights from Superdiversity, Complexity and Multimodality. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapešť, 1.–3. 9. 2016 (příspěvky Linguists as a social force: On the role of linguists in the establishing and maintaining of standard languages).
13th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness (Languages for Life – Educational, Professional and Social Contexts), WU Vienna, 19.-22. 7. 2016 (příspěvek Monolingual mothers in plurilingual families in the Czech Republic. Emerging multilingualism, evolving reflexivity. spolu s M. Hromadovou).