Themes in Greek linguistics : papers from the first International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993 / edited by Irene Philippaki-Warburton, Katerina Nicolaidis, Maria Sifianou.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Philippaki-Warburton, Irene.

Nicolaidis, Katerina.

Sifianou, Maria.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Greek Linguistics (1st : 1993 : University of Reading)

International Conference on Greek Linguistics

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 117.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language, Modern--Grammar--Congresses.

Greek language, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (556 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together 65 papers which were presented at this Conference, the aim of which was to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between scholars with expertise in various aspects of the Greek language. For this reason the volume contains the majority of the contributions. It should provide the linguistic community with a comprehensive work presenting the state-of-the-art in Greek Linguistics and covering a wide multidisciplinary spectrum of current research. The papers are organised into six sections. Section I contains the papers of the four invited speakers. George Babiniotis discusses the contribution of linguistic theory to the teaching of Greek, Dimitra Theophanopoulou-Kontou and Angeliki Malikouti-Drachman each present an overview of the relevance of, respectively, syntactic and phonological theories to Greek, and Brian D. Joseph explores a specific theoretical issue, the pro-drop parameter. Section II brings together papers on syntax, semantics and pragmatics which examine theoretical and descriptive issues within current models such as Principles & Parameters, HPSG, Relevance Theory and others. Section III covers phonology and phonetics and also presents research on theoretical issues such as government phonology, the phonology-morphology interface, as well as descriptive issues including the instrumental investigation of selected phonetic phenomena. Section IV covers discourse and style and deals with spoken and written discourse including miscommunication, metaphor and issues on politeness. Section V on variations and extensions consists of papers on Ancient and Modern Greek dialects such as Macedonian, Cypriot, and Pontic, as well as issues on social and geographical varieties, diglossia and language acquisition. Section VI presents papers relating to the use of computers for the analysis, translation and teaching of Greek. Finally, an index of authors, languages and main key words completes the volume.

Contents:

section 1. Plenary papers

section 2. Syntax-semantics-pragmatics

section 3. Phonology-phonetics

section 4. Discourse and style

section 5. Variations and extensions

section 6. Language and computers.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-12196-4

9786613121967

90-272-8498-9

OCLC:

721926943