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Building a database for the compilation of the Grammar of Medieval Greek

Building a database for the compilation of the Grammar of Medieval Greek. Language and corpora: an AHRC Workshop at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge [01.2006] This workshop was organized by the Inscriptions of Aphrodisias project at King’s College London, the Greek Lexicon project, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge and the Grammar of [...]

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Electronic resources for the study of Medieval Greek: achievements and limitations

Digital philology: Problems and perspectives. International conference at the TEUCHOS research centre, University of Hamburg [01.2006] I presented this overview paper at the conference organized by the TEUCHOS research project at the University of Hamburg. The Powerpoint presentation is available as PDF-file.

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Οι Θεµατοεπιστολές του Θ. Ζυγοµαλά στην Turcograecia του M. Crusius.

International conference on Ioannis and Theodosios Zygomalas, Άργος 1.-4. Ιουνίου 2006 [06.2006] This was a paper on a very interesting 16th c. manuscript from the archive of Martin Crusius in Tübingen. It is also discussed in my paper about XML-trancsriptions of manuscripts. You can download here a PDF-file of the slides used in this presentation.

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Γραµµατική της µεσαιωνικής ελληνικής (1100-1700): γλωσσική περιγραφή και ανάλυση µε τη βοήθεια του ηλεκτρονικού υπολογιστή.

Grammar of Medieval Greek (1100-1700). Computer-assisted language description and analysis. International Conference “Φιλολογία και νέες τεχνολογίες”, at the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki [10.2005] This conference, bringing together specialists from Greece and abroad on digital applications in Philology was organised by Miltos Pechlivanos. My paper was largely repeating information from the Neograeca Medii Aevi conference in [...]

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Γλωσσική περιγραφή και ανάλυση µε βάση τα κείµενα της περιόδου 1100-1700. Μεθολογικά και πρακτικά ζητήµατα της Γραµµατικής της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής

Text – based description and analysis of Greek for the period 1100-1700. Methodological and practical problems of the Grammar of Medieval Greek project A paper given together with Tina Lendari. International conference ‘Neograeca Medii Aevi VI. Πρώιµη νεοελληνική δηµώδης γραµµατεία, Γλώσσα, παράδοση και ποιητική’ at the University of Ioannina [09.2005]

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Συλλογή, ταξινόµηση και επεξεργασία του κειµενικού υλικού της Γραµµατικής της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής

Collection, organisation and analysis of the primary material of the Grammar of Medieval Greek project. International conference ‘Neograeca Medii Aevi VI. Πρώιµη νεοελληνική δηµώδης γραµµατεία, Γλώσσα, παράδοση και ποιητική’ at the University of Ioannina [09.2005] A paper describing the rationale behind the database we are using for language description at the Grammar of Medieval Greek [...]

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The distribution of the discourse marker ‘kai’ in Greek narratives

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 [09.2004] 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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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 [03.2004] 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 [10.2003] 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 [07.2003] This paper developed as a response to internal discussions at the Research Centre 538: Multilingualism about the mixing of methods for [...]

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