Saša Babič
Biographic Data
| ID | 142190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saša Babič |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saša |
| FAMILY NAME | Babič |
| SIGNATURE | BABIČ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3050-757X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Is It Okay for Pots to Laugh at Kettles? Slovenian, Estonian, and Belarusian Proverbs about Joking and Laughter
Work Praises the Master: The Concept of Work in Slovenia
Short folklore forms, like proverbs and riddles with integrated metaphors and stereotypes, capture diachronic reflections of the surroundings, including the economic situation and societal values. The economy and economic activity as a dominant part of everyday life is a very important factor in family life. In contemporary ethnology, “everyday” is used to mean the “culture of the many”, the banal, widespread phenomena of culture. More broadly, i…
Cartoons in memes: Recycling popular art forms as a humorous response to the Covid-19 pandemic
As an established form of semiotic expression in the digital world, memes provide online users with the possibility to express diverse functions, including articulating shared norms and values. Memes function as multimodal signs, combining pre-existing visual elements with typically innovative textual components. Due to their dependence on current events, they tend to be ephemeral, serving to provide topical—and often humorous—commentary and crit…
The Elderly in Proverbs: Comparative Analysis of Estonian and Slovene Proverbs
From a methodological and folkloristic perspective, the article explores attitudes toward older people and aging in Slovene and Estonian proverbs based on archival paremiological material collected from the second half of the 19th century to the present day. Various aspects of old age and ageing are also reflected in the rich tradition of proverbs. As can be seen from the examined material, proverbs related to the elderly and to ageing reflect es…
ISFNR’s 19 Congress “Folk Narratives in the Changing World”: Riga, Latvia, 17.–19. June 2024
Sotsiaal-kultuuriline vaade eesti ja sloveeni alkoholiteemalistele vanasõnadele
Iidsetest aegadest saati on alkoholi sisaldavad joogid olnud kultuurilistes väljendustes olulised ja kuulunud eri rahvaste tähtpäevatavade juurde. Need on olnud näiteks seotud muistsete bakhanaalide ning muude maagiliste ja tähtsate rituaalidega. Veini tunneme tänini ristiusu traditsiooniliste rituaalide osana – Jeesus muutis vee veiniks, vein tähistab tema verd – ning veini osatähtsust nüüdisaegsetel vastuvõttudel, eraviisilistel tähtsündmustel …
Animals as a Stereotyping and Characterising Element in Slovenian Name-Callings
The article discusses deeply rooted linguistic comparisons as stereotypical images in the form of name-callings. A very common element of these comparisons are animals as living beings with their own characteristics, living in a common environment: A human characteristic is compared to a prescribed, but not necessarily intrinsic, characteristic of a particular animal. The characteristics ascribed to animals are socially stereotyped and disseminat…
Dealing with fear: What Dangers Do Incantations Ward Off
Folklore reflects the concept of fear, with which genres such as incantations and prayers are directly associated. These texts establish adialogue with danger, either with commands or supplications, and they indicate what kind of dangers are imminent. By combining psychoanalytical and folklore theories, the paper offers the analysis of the conceptual image of fear and of the defensive function of prayers and incantations within the material of Sl…
Teach Young Birds to Sing Like the Old Bird: The Symbolic Meaning of Birds in Slovenian Short Folklore Forms
Birds are present in everyday life, in forests, parks, cities, in fields and on playgrounds, by rivers and at entrances to stores, etc. Their ubiquity in human everyday life all through history leads to “birds” developing metaphorical meanings and producing powerful stereotypical images, which also motivate wider conceptual meanings. This article focuses on the lexeme ptica “bird” in Slovenian short folklore forms, its stereotypical representatio…
A Sociocultural View of Estonian and Slovenian Proverbs on Alcohol and Drinking
This article explores Estonian and Slovenian proverbs related to alcohol and drinking with the aim of interpreting these proverbs in their broader sociocultural context and analysing the controversies embedded in proverbs on this topic. Considering that alcohol is not consumed in the same form everywhere, the article examines Slovenian material as representative of the geographical region of Southern Europe and the Slavic language group, and Esto…
Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Slovenia
The article discusses conspiracy theories concerned with the global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia based on material collected from the Internet and during fieldwork. Content is examined using the well-established foundations of conspiracy theories, the semiotics of the conspiracy theories, and their mythological structure. Pandemic-related conspiracy stories appear to emerge from already established conspiracy narratives, …
Introduction: Earlier Experience of Collecting and Researching School Lore in Estonia and Slovenia
The current issue of the journal Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore was created as a collaboration between Estonian and Slovenian folklorists and ethnologists within the joint bilateral project, 'Slovenian and Estonian Contemporary School Lore'. The main objective of the project was to analyse and compare the contemporary school lore, its collecting, use, and dynamics in two European countries with different geographical positions and chara…
Collecting Slovenian School Lore Via E-Questionnaire: Analysis of the Collected Material and Revision of the Questionnaire
Although folklorists recognise the active role of children in intangible heritage, collecting and analysing children's lore and school lore has been a side issue in Slovenian folkloristics. Especially since the beginning of the new millennium, it seems that school lore has been put aside. In order to revive collecting of school lore, the Institute of Slovenian Ethology at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art…
Waste and Dirt in Short Folklore Forms
The article examines the concept and metaphorical meaning of waste and dirt in short folklore forms, including archival material (phrasemes, proverbs, and beliefs) and also internet memes as a new, contemporary folklore form. Waste and dirt are traditionally conceptually linked to metaphors of unwanted, used, lower-quality, or even immoral. Slovenian proverbs and phrasemes, on the other hand, do not thematize waste management or handling dirt; on…
Sõimuväljendid: Saatmine olematusse
kui emotsionaalselt tugeva laenguga vljenditest, viisakasse knepruuki mittekuuluvatest snadest, mis annavad edasi kneleja vi kiruja/simaja tundeid
Swearing: Dissolution into Nothingness Preklinjanje: izničenje v praznino
In this study we will comparatively analyse swearing material form Slovenian and Estonian language in order to show the lexical and structural similarities/differences between swearing and incantations present in the material as to argue that swearing is not only a manner to give voice to taboos, but is similar with incantations. The basic premise underlying the analysis is the existence of the “go to X” formula found both in the material and in …
Magnus Ljung: Swearing. A Cross-cultural Linguistic Study
S. M. Tolstaja: Obraz mira v tekste i rituale / Image of World in Text and Ritual
Knjiga Svetlane Tolstaje Obraz mira v tekste i rituale prinaša njene članke, ki obravnavajo slovansko etnolingvistiko kot disciplino pa tudi obravnavane teme v etnolingvistiki: raziskovanje jezika, tradicionalno duhovno kulturo (obredja, verovanja, običaji) in folkloro slovanskih narodov
Presidents and Their Speeches at National Commemorations
Presidents, prime ministers, and similar leaders occupy a special place among heroes and celebrities. They are special in many ways, not least because their privileged position, attained through a general or parliamentary elections, already places them at the center of public discourse. This allows them—and at the same time requires them—to express their opinions on a broad range of topics, events, and other issues. A previously “ordinary” indivi…
Contemporary Forms of Slovenian Love Charms Sodobne oblike slovenskih ljubezenskih čaranj
Love was always one of the most desired emotions in history as it meant acceptance and tenderness. Therefore. people, mostly women (stereotypically (for Slovenian areas)), tried to gain love through magic, amulets and rituals, especially when marriages were mostly arranged by economic and social status. Therefore, it is surprising that there are almost no written sources for traditional love charms in Slovenian archives, though there are some des…
Aleksandr Viktorovič Gura: Brak i svad’ba v Slavjanskoj kul’ture: Semantika i simvolika / Marriage and Wedding in Slavic Culture: Semantics and Simbolics
Proverbial expressions in newspapers. A study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia
This article 1 examines proverbs and proverbial expressions in contemporary newspaper contexts and in everyday use in three languages: Estonian, Finnish, and Slovenian. Print editions of the Estonian newspapers Postimees and Tartu Postimees, the Finnish newspapers Helsingin sanomat, salon seudun sanomat, and Perninseudun Lehti, and the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik were scanned for use of proverbial material during May 2013. From the reader's point…
Beseda ni konj: Estetska struktura slovenskih folklornih obrazcev = Word is not a horse : it doesn't hurt to ask : aesthetic structure of Slovenian short folklore forms
Short folklore forms are diverse group of short folklore texts; some of these are used in everyday communication and are still alive, others are reserved for specific moments; some of them are disappearing from our linguistic and cultural environment. Their structure,function, texture and context of use differ very greatly, as well as their length; it may comprise a single word (eg. greetings), one sentence (proverbs, riddles) or a short text (de…
Proverbial Expressions in Newspapers. A Study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia
This article examines proverbs and proverbial expressions in contemporary newspaper contexts and in everyday use in three languages: Estonian, Finnish, and Slovenian. Print editions of the Estonian newspapers Postimees and Tartu Postimees, the Finnish newspapers Helsingin Sanomat, Salon Seudun Sanomat, and Perniönseudun Lehti, and the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik were scanned for use of proverbial material during May 2013. From the reader’s point …
S. M. Tolstaja: Semantičeskie kategorii jazyka kul’tury. Očerki po slavjanskoj etnolingvistike / Semantic cathegories of the language of culture. Articles on Slavic ethnolinguistics
Monografija je zbornik izbranih člankov S
Comparison of classical statistical methods and artificial neural network in traffic noise prediction
Swearing: Dissolution into Nothingness Preklinjanje: izničenje v praznino
In this study we will comparatively analyse swearing material form Slovenian and Estonian language in order to show the lexical and structural similarities/differences between swearing and incantations present in the material as to argue that swearing is not only a manner to give voice to taboos, but is similar with incantations. The basic premise underlying the analysis is the existence of the “go to X” formula found both in the material and in …
Proverbial expressions in newspapers. A study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia
This article 1 examines proverbs and proverbial expressions in contemporary newspaper contexts and in everyday use in three languages: Estonian, Finnish, and Slovenian. Print editions of the Estonian newspapers Postimees and Tartu Postimees, the Finnish newspapers Helsingin sanomat, salon seudun sanomat, and Perninseudun Lehti, and the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik were scanned for use of proverbial material during May 2013. From the reader's point…
Crossroads of Anger Tensions and Conflicts in Traffic
This article focuses on drivers involved in various modes of personal transport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and describes their interactions and conflicts, often resulting in verbal or nonverbal expressions of anger. Using various approaches, ranging from semi-structured interviews to “participant driving,” it describes in great detail a small part of traffic infrastructure, that is, a crossroads in the city centre, which is a daily meeting point for…
Daiva Vaitkevičienė: Lietuvių užkalb ̇ejimai: gydymo formulės / Lithuanian Verbal Healing Charms
Leta 2008 je v Vilni izšlo občudovanja vredno delo o litovskih zagovornih obrazcih, dolgo 919 strani.Delo je napisano v litovskem in angleškem jeziku: po vsakem litovskem delu/poglavju je še angleški prevod.Prvi del knjige obsega predstavitev žanra zagovorov in samega obredja, ki temelji na litovskih zagovorih, v drugem delu pa so navedeni in klasifi
Lingvistična antropologija in etnolingvistika Linguistic Anthropology and Ethnolinguistics
The article is a review of the development of linguistic anthropology and etholinguis tics. It examines connections and differences between them, and the differences between Moscow and Lublin tendencies. It also tries to state the methods of linguistic anthropology and the ethnolinguistic methods in Slovenia
Estetska struktura in funkcija folklorne molitve z vidika teksta, teksture in konteksta Aesthetic Structure and Function of Folk Prayers from the Aspect of Text, Texture and Context
Folk prayers are usually researched in the area of folk beliefs and religiosity. They may also be considered on the folklore-research field as a minor folklore form. We have observed folk prayers from the text, texture and context level to find out the elements of aesthetics
Mirjam Mencej: Sem vso noč lutal v krogu. Simbolika krožnega gibanja v evropski tradicijski kulturi / I Was Wandering in Circles the Whole Night Long. The Symbolism of Circular Movement in European Tr…
Comparison of classical statistical methods and artificial neural network in traffic noise prediction
Beseda ni konj: Estetska struktura slovenskih folklornih obrazcev = Word is not a horse : it doesn't hurt to ask : aesthetic structure of Slovenian short folklore forms
Short folklore forms are diverse group of short folklore texts; some of these are used in everyday communication and are still alive, others are reserved for specific moments; some of them are disappearing from our linguistic and cultural environment. Their structure,function, texture and context of use differ very greatly, as well as their length; it may comprise a single word (eg. greetings), one sentence (proverbs, riddles) or a short text (de…
Proverbial Expressions in Newspapers. A Study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia
This article examines proverbs and proverbial expressions in contemporary newspaper contexts and in everyday use in three languages: Estonian, Finnish, and Slovenian. Print editions of the Estonian newspapers Postimees and Tartu Postimees, the Finnish newspapers Helsingin Sanomat, Salon Seudun Sanomat, and Perniönseudun Lehti, and the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik were scanned for use of proverbial material during May 2013. From the reader’s point …
S. M. Tolstaja: Semantičeskie kategorii jazyka kul’tury. Očerki po slavjanskoj etnolingvistike / Semantic cathegories of the language of culture. Articles on Slavic ethnolinguistics
Monografija je zbornik izbranih člankov S
Crossroads of Anger Tensions and Conflicts in Traffic
This article focuses on drivers involved in various modes of personal transport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and describes their interactions and conflicts, often resulting in verbal or nonverbal expressions of anger. Using various approaches, ranging from semi-structured interviews to “participant driving,” it describes in great detail a small part of traffic infrastructure, that is, a crossroads in the city centre, which is a daily meeting point for…
Presidents and Their Speeches at National Commemorations
Presidents, prime ministers, and similar leaders occupy a special place among heroes and celebrities. They are special in many ways, not least because their privileged position, attained through a general or parliamentary elections, already places them at the center of public discourse. This allows them—and at the same time requires them—to express their opinions on a broad range of topics, events, and other issues. A previously “ordinary” indivi…
Contemporary Forms of Slovenian Love Charms Sodobne oblike slovenskih ljubezenskih čaranj
Love was always one of the most desired emotions in history as it meant acceptance and tenderness. Therefore. people, mostly women (stereotypically (for Slovenian areas)), tried to gain love through magic, amulets and rituals, especially when marriages were mostly arranged by economic and social status. Therefore, it is surprising that there are almost no written sources for traditional love charms in Slovenian archives, though there are some des…
Aleksandr Viktorovič Gura: Brak i svad’ba v Slavjanskoj kul’ture: Semantika i simvolika / Marriage and Wedding in Slavic Culture: Semantics and Simbolics
Proverbial expressions in newspapers. A study in Estonia, Finland, and Slovenia
This article 1 examines proverbs and proverbial expressions in contemporary newspaper contexts and in everyday use in three languages: Estonian, Finnish, and Slovenian. Print editions of the Estonian newspapers Postimees and Tartu Postimees, the Finnish newspapers Helsingin sanomat, salon seudun sanomat, and Perninseudun Lehti, and the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik were scanned for use of proverbial material during May 2013. From the reader's point…
Magnus Ljung: Swearing. A Cross-cultural Linguistic Study
S. M. Tolstaja: Obraz mira v tekste i rituale / Image of World in Text and Ritual
Knjiga Svetlane Tolstaje Obraz mira v tekste i rituale prinaša njene članke, ki obravnavajo slovansko etnolingvistiko kot disciplino pa tudi obravnavane teme v etnolingvistiki: raziskovanje jezika, tradicionalno duhovno kulturo (obredja, verovanja, običaji) in folkloro slovanskih narodov
Swearing: Dissolution into Nothingness Preklinjanje: izničenje v praznino
In this study we will comparatively analyse swearing material form Slovenian and Estonian language in order to show the lexical and structural similarities/differences between swearing and incantations present in the material as to argue that swearing is not only a manner to give voice to taboos, but is similar with incantations. The basic premise underlying the analysis is the existence of the “go to X” formula found both in the material and in …
Sõimuväljendid: Saatmine olematusse
kui emotsionaalselt tugeva laenguga vljenditest, viisakasse knepruuki mittekuuluvatest snadest, mis annavad edasi kneleja vi kiruja/simaja tundeid
Waste and Dirt in Short Folklore Forms
The article examines the concept and metaphorical meaning of waste and dirt in short folklore forms, including archival material (phrasemes, proverbs, and beliefs) and also internet memes as a new, contemporary folklore form. Waste and dirt are traditionally conceptually linked to metaphors of unwanted, used, lower-quality, or even immoral. Slovenian proverbs and phrasemes, on the other hand, do not thematize waste management or handling dirt; on…
Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories in Slovenia
The article discusses conspiracy theories concerned with the global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia based on material collected from the Internet and during fieldwork. Content is examined using the well-established foundations of conspiracy theories, the semiotics of the conspiracy theories, and their mythological structure. Pandemic-related conspiracy stories appear to emerge from already established conspiracy narratives, …
Introduction: Earlier Experience of Collecting and Researching School Lore in Estonia and Slovenia
The current issue of the journal Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore was created as a collaboration between Estonian and Slovenian folklorists and ethnologists within the joint bilateral project, 'Slovenian and Estonian Contemporary School Lore'. The main objective of the project was to analyse and compare the contemporary school lore, its collecting, use, and dynamics in two European countries with different geographical positions and chara…
Collecting Slovenian School Lore Via E-Questionnaire: Analysis of the Collected Material and Revision of the Questionnaire
Although folklorists recognise the active role of children in intangible heritage, collecting and analysing children's lore and school lore has been a side issue in Slovenian folkloristics. Especially since the beginning of the new millennium, it seems that school lore has been put aside. In order to revive collecting of school lore, the Institute of Slovenian Ethology at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art…
Teach Young Birds to Sing Like the Old Bird: The Symbolic Meaning of Birds in Slovenian Short Folklore Forms
Birds are present in everyday life, in forests, parks, cities, in fields and on playgrounds, by rivers and at entrances to stores, etc. Their ubiquity in human everyday life all through history leads to “birds” developing metaphorical meanings and producing powerful stereotypical images, which also motivate wider conceptual meanings. This article focuses on the lexeme ptica “bird” in Slovenian short folklore forms, its stereotypical representatio…
A Sociocultural View of Estonian and Slovenian Proverbs on Alcohol and Drinking
This article explores Estonian and Slovenian proverbs related to alcohol and drinking with the aim of interpreting these proverbs in their broader sociocultural context and analysing the controversies embedded in proverbs on this topic. Considering that alcohol is not consumed in the same form everywhere, the article examines Slovenian material as representative of the geographical region of Southern Europe and the Slavic language group, and Esto…
ISFNR’s 19 Congress “Folk Narratives in the Changing World”: Riga, Latvia, 17.–19. June 2024
Sotsiaal-kultuuriline vaade eesti ja sloveeni alkoholiteemalistele vanasõnadele
Iidsetest aegadest saati on alkoholi sisaldavad joogid olnud kultuurilistes väljendustes olulised ja kuulunud eri rahvaste tähtpäevatavade juurde. Need on olnud näiteks seotud muistsete bakhanaalide ning muude maagiliste ja tähtsate rituaalidega. Veini tunneme tänini ristiusu traditsiooniliste rituaalide osana – Jeesus muutis vee veiniks, vein tähistab tema verd – ning veini osatähtsust nüüdisaegsetel vastuvõttudel, eraviisilistel tähtsündmustel …
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