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Alphabet & Pronunciation
Greek alphabet, diphthongs, digraphs, the tonos accent and key pronunciation rules
Διαχρονική φωνολογία: ιωτακισμός
Diachronic phonology: the iotacism shift
ancient diphthongs → modern /i/
How ει, οι, υ, η collapsed into one vowel over centuries
Φωνοτακτικοί περιορισμοί
Phonotactic constraints
permitted consonant clusters
Which consonant sequences Greek syllable structure allows
Διγλωσσία: Καθαρεύουσα vs Δημοτική
Diglossia: Katharevousa vs Demotic
historic register conflict
A century-long conflict between learned and vernacular Greek
Διαλεκτολογία: Ποντιακά, Καππαδοκικά, Τσακωνικά
Dialectology: Pontic, Cappadocian, Tsakonian
major dialect groups
Peripheral dialects preserve archaic features lost elsewhere
Αρχαία vs Νέα Ελληνικά: φωνολογικές αντιστοιχίες
Ancient vs Modern Greek correspondences
pitch accent → stress accent
Systematic sound changes link the two stages of the language
Προσωδία: από μουσικό σε δυναμικό τόνο
Prosody: from pitch to stress accent
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Ancient Greek had melodic pitch accent, lost by Byzantine times
Μονοτονικό vs πολυτονικό σύστημα (1982)
Monotonic vs polytonic system (1982 reform)
one accent mark replaces three
Modern spelling reform simplified the diacritic system
Κοινωνιοφωνητική: Αθηναϊκό πρότυπο vs περιφέρεια
Sociophonetics: Athenian standard vs regional speech
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Standard Greek pronunciation is based on Athens usage
Φωνολογική προσαρμογή δάνειων λέξεων
Phonological adaptation of loanwords
English/French/Turkish loans
How foreign sounds are mapped onto the Greek phoneme inventory
Υπολογιστικοί πόροι για ελληνική φωνολογία
Computational resources for Greek phonology
ILSP, HNC corpora
Corpora and tools used to study spoken and written Greek