Dr. Alena Němcová Polická serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures within the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Her academic profile demonstrates extensive expertise in French linguistics with particular specialization in contemporary language phenomena. Her research interests span multiple interconnected fields including sociolectology, neology, youth language, slang studies, and corpus linguistics with a distinctive focus on rap linguistics as a contemporary cultural and linguistic phenomenon. She has developed significant expertise in analyzing lexical innovations and their diffusion patterns across languages, particularly between French, Czech, and Polish. Professor Němcová Polická's publication record shows consistent scholarly output with 111 publications to date, demonstrating increasing focus on digital corpus methodologies and hip-hop linguistics in recent years. Her work reveals a methodological evolution from traditional linguistic analysis toward innovative corpus-based approaches that bridge qualitative and quantitative research paradigms. She actively supervises graduate students working on contemporary linguistic topics including Alzheimer's language manifestations, electronic corpus analysis of slang, and French-English language contact in Quebec. Her academic service includes membership on program boards for French Language and Literature bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as serving on the Industry Council for Romance languages. Her current research trajectory focuses on the intersection of digital humanities and contemporary language evolution, particularly through the lens of hip-hop culture and youth language innovation. Recent presentations and publications indicate growing international collaboration across European academic networks focused on hip-hop studies and linguistic innovation.
