Goce Cvetanovski

Goce Cvetanovski (born 4 February 1971, Skopje) is a Macedonian linguist, dialectologist, and lexicographer. He holds the title of Scientific Advisor (Full Professor) and is affiliated with the Institute of Macedonian Language “Krste Misirkov” in Skopje, where he contributes to major linguistic and lexicographic research projects. His scholarly interests include Macedonian linguistics, dialectology, etymology, sociolinguistics, as well as phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexical studies.

He obtained his PhD in Philological Sciences in 2007 from the Faculty of Philology “Blazhe Koneski” in Skopje with the dissertation “The Speech of Macedonians in Mala Prespa (Republic of Albania)”, focusing on the Western Prespa dialect and language contact phenomena in the region. His earlier postgraduate research examined “The Karšijak Dialect of the Skopje Area (with special reference to syntax)”. His academic work is characterized by field research, dialect description, and systematic linguistic analysis.

Cvetanovski has been involved in key scholarly initiatives such as the Macedonian Dialect Atlas and the Explanatory Dictionary of the Macedonian Language, and serves as principal researcher on the Etymological Dictionary of the Macedonian Language project, as well as studies addressing Macedonian dialects beyond the borders of North Macedonia. He is the author and co-author of several monographs, including “The Karšijak Dialect – Skopje Region” (2004) and “The Speech of Macedonians in Mala Prespa” (2010), and remains active in editorial and academic organizational work within Macedonian linguistics.