• Ptychion (BA Honours) in French Language and Literature, Department of French, University of Athens (1988)

• MA in Linguistics, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (1990)

• PhD in Linguistics, University College London, University of London (1996) (PhD Thesis)

• May 2008 - date: Tenured Assistant Professor of Linguistics
  University of Patras, Department of Philology.
• May 2008 - July 2011: Assistant Professor of Linguistics
  University of Patras, Department of Philology.
• April 2005 - April 2008: Lecturer in Linguistics
  University of Ioannina, Department of Linguistics, School of Philology.
• November 2004 & December 2006: Visiting professor
  University of Patras, Department of Philology, Master's Programme in Comparative Linguistics and Language Variety.
• September 2002 - date: Member of Academic Staff (Linguistics)
  Hellenic Open University, Master's Programme in Education.
• September 1999 - August 2005: Appointed lecturer in Linguistics
  University of Patras, Department of Philology.
• February 1996 - March 2005: Lecturer in Linguistics
  University of Hertfordshire (IST Studies, Athens), BA in Linguistics with Literature Programme.
• October 1994 - April 1995: Teaching Assistant
  University of London, University College London, Department of Phonetics & Linguistics.
• March 1991 - June 1991: Teaching Assistant
  University of London, School of Oriental & African Studies, Department of Phonetics & Linguistics.

• Lexicology: analysis of the lexicon, structure and meaning of the word, structure and organisation of special vocabularies, scientific terminology, terminology translation.
• Lexical semantics: the nature and diversity of sense relations.
• The relation between syntax and semantics: tense, aspect, adverbials.
• Lexicography: the creation of specialized dictionaries (printed and electronic).
• Research methods in linguistics: research and teaching in linguistics, linguistics and the job market, linguistics in school education.

(selected publications)

• Xydopoulos, G. J. 1991. "Distribution, Interpretation, and Licensing of Adverbs in Modern Greek". SOAS Working Papers in Phonetics and Linguistics, volume 2, 1991.
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 1995. "The Syntax of Manner Adverbs in Modern Greek". UCL Working Papers in Linguistics, volume 7, 1995.
• Xydopoulos, G. I. 1996. "Tense, Aspect and Adverbials in Modern Greek". Unpublished PhD Thesis. University of London (University College London).
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 1999. "Tense and Temporal Adverbials in Modern Greek". Studies in Greek Syntax. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2002a. "Problems in rendering English linguistics terms into Greek" Studies in Greek Linguistics, 22: 495-506. [in Greek].
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2002b. "A Review of Adverb Placement: A Case Study in Antisymmetric Syntax by A. Alexiadou". Journal of Greek Linguistics 3, 236-249.
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2005a. "Searching for the linguistic mechanism in the creation of brand names". Studies in Greek Linguistics, 25: 437-448. [in Greek]
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2005b. "Communication and 'double' language". In Ch. Frangonikolopoulos (ed.) Mass Media, Society and Politics: Their role and function in contemporary Greece. Athens: Sideris, 775-815. [in Greek]
• Vazou, E. & G. J. Xydopoulos. 2007a. "Towards an account of acronyms / initialisms in Greek". In Agathopoulou, E., M. Dimitrakopoulou & D. Papadopoulou (eds) Selected Papers on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki: Monochromia, 231-243.
• Xydopoulos, G. J. & A. Tsangalidis. 2007b. "Aspect in Greek and the E, R, S Relations. Studies in Greek Linguistics «In Memoriam A.- F. Christidis, 27: 322-336. [in Greek]
• Xydopoulos, G. J. (ed.) 2007c. Online glossary of linguistics terminology: Greek-English & English-Greek. Available on http://users.uoi.gr/gjxydo/lexicon/glossary.html.
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2008a. "Linguistics today: goals, ideas, applications and professional opportunities". Dodoni: Philologia 35 (2006), 105-131. [in Greek]
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2008b. Lexicology: Introduction to the analysis of the word and the lexicon. Athens: Patakis Publishers. [in Greek]
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2008c. "'Weasel words'in advertising". In P. Politis (ed.) Language in Mass Media: The Greek example. Thessaloniki: Institute for Modern Greek Studies, 485-517. [in Greek]
• Xydopoulos, G. J. 2009. «Psilo-: Εxploring the case of α 'diminutive' in Modern Greek». In Tsangalidis, A. (ed.) Selected Papers from the 17th International Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. Thessaloniki: Monochromia, 397-405.

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