Zinka Zorko | |
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 Zorko in 2008 | |
| Born | February 24, 1936 Spodnja Kapla, Yugoslavia |
| Died | March 22, 2019 (aged 83) Selnica ob Dravi, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Ljubljana |
| Thesis | Koroški govori dravskega obmejnega hribovja od Ojstrice do Duha na Ostrem vrhu (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
Zinka Zorko (February 24, 1936 – March 22, 2019) was a Slovenian linguist and academic. Her research focused on phonetic, theological, syntactic, and vocabulary phenomena of Carinthian, Styrian, and Pannonian dialect groups. In 2003, she was elected a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a decade later, she received the Zois Lifetime Achievement Award.