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Sifianou, M., Irene Philippaki-Warburton and K. Nicolaidis. 1994. Themes in Greek Linguistics. Papers from the First International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 117). John Benjamins. 534 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

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. The papers are organised into six sections. Section I discusses the contribution of linguistic theory to the teaching of Greek, presents an overview of the relevance of, respectively, syntactic and phonological theories to Greek, and 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.