This paper was given ogether with Chrystalla Thoma at “The Logos Conference. Controlling language, The Greek Experience”. Interdisciplinary international conference organized by the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College London
In this paper we summarize the most important findings about the use and the distribution of”kai” (“and”) as a discourse marker in Early...
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Linguistics
The distribution of the discourse marker ‘kai’ in Greek narratives
The Greek Low Literary register: product of language contact and change or continuity?
Paper given together with Chrystalla Thoma. International Colloquium “Multilingualism and Diachronic Change. Multilingualism in the individual and in the societies; Its influence on language change” of the Historical Group of the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
The Powerpoint presentation is available as PDF-file.
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Linguistic variation and the non-standardisation of the low varieties in Early Modern Greek diglossia
International Colloquium “Linguistic Variation in Bilingual Communication, Acquisition and Diachronic Change” of the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
This paper was a first and not yet fully developed version of my paper on “Register Variation and the Grammar of Medieval Greek”. The Powerpoint presentation is available as PDF-file.
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Die Erforschung des narrativen Diskurses in der griechischen Diglossie des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit: Verknüpfung von kulturellem Kontext und linguistischer Analyse
The study of narrative discourse in Medieval and Early Modern Greek Diglossia: Linking the socio-cultural context with the linguistic analysis
Plenary talk at the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
This paper developed as a response to internal discussions at the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism about the mixing of methods for the...
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Discourse Markers und Textorganisation
Internal Colloquium of the working group ›Discourse and sentence connectors‹ at the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism, University of Hamburg
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Wissenstradierung in Wort und Schrift in der Diglossie des griechischen Mittelalters
Handing over of knowledge through discourse in Medieval Greek Diglossia
Plenary talk at the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
This is the first major talk I did on my own, it’s all about trasfer of knowledge through language and written texts in the Greek-speaking Middle Ages. The Powerpoint presentation is available...
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Von der Belehrung zur Unterhaltung. Die institutionellen Funktionen des literarischen Erzählens im griechischen Mittelalter
From instructing to entertaining: the institutional functions of narrative discourse in the Greek medieval World
24. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) at the University of Mannheim
This was a paper about the use of narrative text in language education in Byzantine times and their transformation to entertainment texts in the Early Modern...
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Transformations of Tradition: The Metaphrastic Lives of Aesop
Paper given together with Sophia Voulgari. International Colloquium “Multilingualism from a Historical Perspective: Functional and Structural Aspects” of the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
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Stil als Kategorie in der Schriftlichkeit des griechischen Mittelalters
Style as a category of written discourse of the Greek Middle Ages
Internal Colloquium ›Style‹ of the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
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Forms of Code-Switching in Greek literary Texts
Paper given together with Sophia Voulgari. International Colloquium ›Code Switching, Accomodation and Multilingualism‹ of the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism of the University of Hamburg
An interesting paper with many examples of mixing of registers in different periods of Greek. I have got an old Powerpoint (MacOs 9) with text examples which I will upload...
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