Angela Ralli

List of John Benjamins publications for which Angela Ralli plays a role.

This paper challenges predictions made within the grammaticalisation framework about what can happen to grammatical material over time. We present two case studies — one from Greek and one from Sanskrit — which demonstrate that claims regarding the origin of grammatical material are too narrow,… read more
Ralli, Angela and Marios Andreou 2012 Revisiting exocentricity in compounding: Evidence from Greek and CypriotCurrent Issues in Morphological Theory: (Ir)regularity, analogy and frequency, Kiefer, Ferenc †, Mária Ladányi and Péter Siptár (eds.), pp. 65–82 | Article
In this paper, the authors challenge the widespread view that the distinction between endocentric and exocentric compounds is fundamentally semantic. On the basis of data from Greek and Cypriot they propose, instead, that this is a structural distinction and that semantics cannot be a safe… read more
Ralli, Angela 2010 Compounding versus derivationCross-Disciplinary Issues in Compounding, Scalise, Sergio and Irene Vogel (eds.), pp. 57–74 | Article
This chapter examines the demarcation of compounds and derivative items. It is argued that the two types of constructions belong to word-formation, and intermingle in such a way that only the same grammatical domain could handle them properly. This domain is considered to be morphology, and claims… read more
Ralli, Angela 2003 Prefixation vs. compoundingAsymmetry in Grammar: Volume 2: Morphology, phonology, acquisition, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 37–63 | Article
Ralli, Angela 1998 On the Morphological Status of Inflectional Features evidence from modern greekThemes in Greek Linguistics: Volume II, Joseph, Brian D., Geoffrey C. Horrocks and Irene Philippaki-Warburton (eds.), pp. 51–74 | Article
Nespor, Marina and Angela Ralli 1994 Stress domains in Greek compounds: A case of morphology-phonology interactionThemes in Greek Linguistics: Papers from the First International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993, Philippaki-Warburton, Irene, Katerina Nicolaidis and Maria Sifianou (eds.), pp. 201–208 | Article