Jože Toporišič

Jože Toporišič (; October 11, 1926 – December 9, 2014) was a Slovene linguist. He was the author of the most influential Slovene scientific grammar of the second half of the 20th century, a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and coauthor of the Academy's Slovene Normative Guide (). In this position, he transformed the linguistic section of the academy into the central regulatory authority for codification of Slovene. Provided by Wikipedia