Pavel KrejčíView profile
Associate Professor
Assoc. Prof. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D. serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic Studies at Masaryk University's Faculty of Arts in Brno, Czech Republic. His correspondence address is Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno, with office located in building A/A.316. Krejčí maintains active academic engagement through 175 publications and participation in scholarly councils including the Industry Council for Areal-philological studies and Program Board for Yugoslavian and Balkan Studies. His research centers on Slavic phraseology with particular emphasis on toponymic components across Czech, Croatian, Serbian and Bulgarian languages. Krejčí examines linguistic phenomena through comparative frameworks, investigating how geographical references manifest in idiomatic expressions and how language standardization processes affect Balkan linguistic communities. His work frequently addresses post-Yugoslav language policies and cross-linguistic equivalents in political terminology. Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on Slavic phraseological structures (73%), toponymic elements in idioms (60%), and Balkan language politics (47%). The publications demonstrate methodological diversity spanning historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and comparative lexicography, with increasing attention to contemporary language issues in post-communist transitions since 2018. Krejčí successfully completed his habilitation procedure between 2020-2021 with thesis titled "Toponymic components in Czech, Croatian, Serbian and Bulgarian phraseology." The commission included international scholars from Comenius University, Sofia University, and the Czech Academy of Sciences, confirming his expertise in General and Diachronic Linguistics. He actively contributes to academic community through conference presentations, editorial work including the "Eight Fragments from the World of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin Languages" series, and collaborative research with scholars like Elena Krejčová. His work maintains strong connections between Czech academic institutions and Balkan linguistic communities.
