Marina Shafer

Marina Shafer is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, where she has held academic positions since 2013. She was re-elected to her current role in 2024, following earlier appointments as Research Associate (2019) and teaching staff in the Department of Serbian Language and Linguistics (2013-2018).

Her academic qualifications include:

• Master of Academic Studies in Serbian Philology (2013), thesis: Time Adverbs in the Plays of Marin Držić
• Bachelor of Philology in Serbian Language and Literature (2012)

Her research examines core aspects of Serbian linguistics with emphasis on:

• Structural and interpretive dimensions of syntax and semantics
• Lexicology and phraseological systems
• Conditional sentence architectures across historical, literary, and communicative contexts
• Cross-linguistic analyses (Hungarian/English)

This work contributes to understanding grammatical evolution, cultural-linguistic interfaces, and discursive practices in Slavic languages.

Publication analysis reveals concentrated output in Serbian linguistics since 2015, with recurring themes:

• Semantic-pragmatic functions of conditional sentences (67% of publications)
• Phraseological studies including mythological motifs and anglicisms (27%)
• Contrastive linguistics methodologies (18%)

Her most frequent venues include philological conference proceedings and disciplinary journals.

No scientific awards, supervised students, or lab affiliations are documented.