Milorad Simić ( sr-cyr, Милорад Симић; born 5 June 1946) is a

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philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionary, dictionaries. * The ...

and

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. He was born in Obadi (

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) and finished gymnasium in

Srebrenica Srebrenica ( sr-cyrl, Сребреница, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa. During the Bosnian War in 1995, Srebr ...

, College of Pedagogy in

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, and Faculty of Philology and magister studies in

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. Since 1972 he is employed at the Institute of Serbian Language at the

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(SANU). He is an editor of the SANU Dictionary, and founder of the Srbosof agency specialized in linguistical computer science. He is a member of the council of

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since 1997. He has authored digital dictionaries and linguistical software. He was awarded the

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by the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...

in March 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simić, Milorad 1946 births Living people Linguists from Serbia Serbian lexicographers Serbian computer scientists People from Srebrenica University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina