at ian ▁lingu istic ▁magazine ▁Je zik . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁in ▁Os ij ek , ▁where ▁she ▁attended ▁elementary ▁and ▁grammar ▁school ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Ped ag ogy ▁where ▁she ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁She ▁received ▁her ▁post grad uate ▁degree ▁in ▁lingu istics ▁( C ro at ian ▁studies ) ▁at ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Human ities ▁and ▁Social ▁Sciences ▁in ▁Zag reb ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁Her ▁dis sert ation ▁was ▁on ▁ ▁pass ive ▁sentences ▁in ▁standard ▁Cro at ian . ▁Six ▁years ▁later ▁she ▁received ▁a ▁doctor ' s ▁degree ▁with ▁a ▁dis sert ation ▁about ▁language ▁of ▁Cro at ian ▁novel ist ▁Jos ip ▁K oz ar ac . ▁Her ▁academic ▁ment or ▁both ▁in ▁post grad uate ▁and ▁doctor al ▁degree ▁was ▁St j ep an ▁Bab ić . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁she ▁became ▁executive ▁editor ▁of ▁Je zik , ▁for ▁which ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁contrib utor ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁She ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁of ▁lingu istic ▁magazine ▁Je zik oslov l je ▁( L ingu istics ) ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁Her ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁Cro at ian ▁literary ▁mag az ines , ▁such ▁as ▁Kn ji ž ev na ▁rev ija ▁( Os ij ek ), ▁Fil olog ija ▁( Z ag reb ), ▁Fl umin ens