Anali PAZU HD

EDITORIAL

This issue of the journal ANALI PAZU HD contains five scientific articles in the fields of humanities and social sciences.

The first three articles address various aspects of communication. They touch on the topic of the Prekmurje dialect, the emergence of new vocabulary in Slovenian, German, and Hungarian due to the coronavirus, and the importance of proper public speaking for effective communication.

In the first article, related to the text from the Prekmurski pisker project, the theoretical level is illustrated with the use of the words pisker (pot) and lonec (pot) to explain why the author believes the question of whether we can speak of the Prekmurje dialect today is redundant.

The second article presents the conceptualization of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lexical changes in Slovenian, German, and Hungarian languages triggered by the global extralinguistic factor - the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The author of the third article conducted a theoretical analysis of public speaking in Slovenian, with an emphasis on the use of proper pronunciation and the importance of preparation for public speaking. The author finds that quality preparation for a public appearance reduces both substantive and non-verbal errors, contributing to higher quality communication.

The last two articles fall within the realm of social sciences.

The penultimate article concerns the handling of deserters and captured members of the federal forces during the independence war of 1991 in the Pomurje region. Based on a description of the premises for recall and the call for members of the Yugoslav People's Army (JLA) to join the Slovenian defense forces, an examination of the characteristics of functional demarcation regarding collection centers between the Territorial Defense (TO) and Civil Protection (ONZ), and an analysis of numerical indicators, the author presents some new findings.

The final article analyzes various strategies (such as sensible portfolio management, mergers and acquisitions, the "open innovation" model, innovation hubs, and internal start-up incubators) used by large pharmaceutical companies to address the problem of innovation in research and development.

Each of the published articles brings new professional insights, interesting for anyone interested in the discussed fields.

Happy reading!

Dr. Darja Senčur Peček, Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief: Darja Senčur Peček (University of Maribor, Faculty of Law, Slovenia)

Editors for Social Sciences: Simona Šarotar Žižek (University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia); Petra Cajnko (University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Slovenia)

Editors for Humanities: Jana S. Rošker (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia); Vesna Koncrič Horvat (University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia); Damir Josipovič (Institute for Ethnic Studies, Slovenia); Darja Kerec (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia)

Technical Editor: Petra Cajnko (University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Slovenia)