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Monolingual Greek dictionary (Use to explore the exact meaning of words, find examples of use and some information on register): Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής (Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών – Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη)
Πύλη για την ελληνική γλώσσα: http://www.greek-language.gr/ (Follow the link: Νέα Ελληνική > Εργαλεία > Ηλεκτρονικά λεξικά on the front page) or bookmark the...
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Language teaching
Four useful online tools/resources for Translation into Modern Greek
Register variation in Modern Greek. The synchronic perspective
A one hour lecture exploring register variation in Modern Greek. Part of the Gr7 paper (MML Tripos, University of Cambridge).
You can download here a PDF file with the slides used in the lecture. The short movie extract demonstrating the use of καθαρεύουσα can also be found here.
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καθαρεύουσα vs δημοτική. An audio-visual example
This short extract from the 1959 film «Ο Ηλίας του 16ου» demonstrates the use of καθαρεύουσα in formal settings. You can find a simple transcription in Greek below.
Update 02.01.2010:
Have a look at this example (from the Digital Archives of Greek Television – ERT), a more extreme example of καθαρεύουσα use from an institutional setting...
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