--- title: "Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak — author profile and papers" description: "Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak, University of Ljubljana: 4 papers on Elamur Research (1990–2004), h-index 3 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak # Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak Frančiška Trobevšek Drobnak has 4 papers in our library, in 1990–2004, most of them on [Historical linguistics & language change](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Syntax & grammar formalisms](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/). 4 papers in our library · 1990–2004 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5073437951) · [**h-index 3**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5073437951) · [13 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5073437951) · [21 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5073437951&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11591](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/116/#star-11591) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Fran%C4%8Di%C5%A1ka+Trobev%C5%A1ek+Drobnak) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Fran%C4%8Di%C5%A1ka+Trobev%C5%A1ek+Drobnak) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Fran%C4%8Di%C5%A1ka+Trobev%C5%A1ek+Drobnak) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Fran%C4%8Di%C5%A1ka+Trobev%C5%A1ek+Drobnak) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Ljubljana** Ljubljana · Slovenia 1990–2024 · 8 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-ljubljana/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 2 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) · [Syntax & grammar formalisms · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/syntax-grammar/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2004** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/year/2004/) ### 1990s [**1999** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/year/1999/) · [**1992** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/year/1992/) · [**1990** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/franciska-trobevsek-drobnak/year/1990/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Expanded tenses in the old English orosius a syntactic strengthening*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/drobnak-1990-expanded-tenses-old-english-orosius/)** *(1990 · 4 citations)* The study asks whether the Old English periphrasis beon/wesan + present participle in -ende (the "expanded tenses", e.g. 2. **[Linguistic variation and change: Middle English infinitive](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/drobnak-2004-linguistic-variation-change-middle-english/)** *(2004 · 1 citation)* The paper asks why, after the Norman Conquest, the English to infinitive spread at the cost of the bare infinitive until the bare form survived only after modals and a few verbs such as let, make, see and hear. 3. **[Linguistic change: the grammatical environment of participial non-finite clauses in Old English and in present-day English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/drobnak-1999-linguistic-change-grammatical-environment-participial/)** *(1999 · 1 citation)* The paper asks whether a new, more compact construction spreads through a language according to how grammatically complex its surroundings are. 4. **[The syntax of the Old English preverbal ge- in the light of the theory of language changes as strengthenings or weakenings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/trobevsek-drobnak-1992-syntax-old-english-preverbal-ge/)** *(1992)* The paper asks why the Old English verbal prefix ge- appears so inconsistently, even in parallel Gospel manuscripts translating the same Latin. ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Acta Neophilologica](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acta-neophilologica/) ×3: [Acta Neophilologica 2004](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acta-neophilologica/2004/), [Acta Neophilologica 1999](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acta-neophilologica/1999/) - [Linguistica](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/linguistica/): [Linguistica 1990](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/linguistica/1990/) Updated 30 October 2026