..:: Aims & Organisation of the Modern Greek Dialect Research Laboratory // Department of Philology // University of Patras ::..

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The Modern Greek Dialect Research Laboratory has the following main goals:

to cover the existing gaps and shortfalls in the planning, organisation and completion of linguistic research in Greece, a country which is, to a large degree, unaware of its dialects.

to contribute to the preservation of the Greek cultural and linguistic heritage.

The Research Activities of the Laboratory include:

To record and describe dialects, most of which are endangered.
To systematically study the Modern Greek dialects at all levels of linguistic analysis.
To establish a dialectal archive containing written resources (glossaries, grammars, old descriptions of dialects, texts written in dialect), and compile a collection of recorded oral dialectal data.
To set up a database of oral material relating to Modern Greek dialects.
To define isoglosses in order to build a dialectal atlas of the Greek language.
To understand, describe and interpret the linguistic mechanisms that underlie language variety and change.

The Laboratory's extended activities also include:

Undertaking research programmes, which aim at providing a full and complete picture of the Modern Greek Dialects.
Training students in the research, study and analysis of dialects.
Organising meetings and conferences centred on Modern Greek dialects.
Publishing the results of research on Modern Greek dialects in books, journals, and collective volumes.
Supporting the postgraduate programme of Linguistics at the University of Patras.

The Research Team of the Laboratory consists of:

A. Ordinary Faculty members

Angela Ralli, Professor of Linguistics with specialisation in Morphology - Dialectal Variation (ralli@upatras.gr).
Dimitris Papazachariou, Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Phonetics and Dialectology) with specialisation in Intonation and Field methods research (papaz@upatras.gr).
Io Manolessou, Lecturer in Linguistics (Diachronic Linguistics) with specialisation in Medieval Greek Dialects (manolessou@upatras.gr)

B. Associate Faculty members

Argyris Archakis, Assistant Professor of Linguistics with specialisation in Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics (archakis@upatras.gr)
Anna Roussou, Associate Professor of Linguistics with specialisation in Generative Syntax and Semantics (aroussou@upatras.gr)
George J. Xydopoulos, Assistant Professor of Linguistics with specialisation in Lexicology (gjxydo@upatras.gr)

C. Post-doctoral researchers

Dimitra Melissaropoulou, Adjunct Lecturer in Linguistics with specialisation in Morphology - Modern Greek Dialects (dmelissa@upatras.gr)

D. Doctorate Candidates

Eleonora Dimela. Research field: Diachronic evolution of Dialects - Prefixation (eldimela@upatras.gr)
Athanasios Karasimos. Research field: Computational Linguistics - Allomorphy (akarasimos@upatras.gr)
Maria Koliopoulou. Research field: Compounding - Kalymniot (mkoliop@upatras.gr)
Nikos Koutsoukos. Research field: Derivation / Inflection - Grico (nikkoutsouk@yahoo.gr)
Maria Giakoumelou. Research field: Intonation - Cappadocian

E. Postgraduate students

F. Computational support and Web administrator

So far, the Laboratory has collected and processed dialectal material, in oral and written form, from the following geographic areas:

National and International Collaborations