PRREB004 Dialectal diversity in contemporary Greece

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Bočková Loudová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of this course is to get students acquainted with the dialectal varieties of contemporary Greek that exist in Greece and Cyprus alongside Standard Modern Greek. A systematic presentation of the Modern Greek dialects, including Cypriot Greek, will be given, with special focus on the use of these dialects in written discourse (prose, poetry) and in the public domain (media, press, film). The students will be introduced to the main morpho-syntactic and lexical specifics of individual dialects, especially those that differ significantly from the Standard Modern Greek and place considerable demands on translators.
Learning outcomes
After the course completion, students:
- are acquainted with the dialectal situation in contemporary Greece and Cyprus;
- know the basic dialectal varieties of contemporary Modern Greek;
- can define the difference between a dialect and a standard variety;
- recognise the basic morphosyntactic and lexical distinctive features of the Modern Greek dialects and are able to apply this competence in the translation of simple dialectal texts in written or spoken form
- are thoroughly acquainted with dialect translation tools (dictionaries, language atlases, online resources)
Syllabus
  • 1.-4. Introduction. Dialects in Greece: history and present.
  • 5.-6. Language - dialect - idiom. Isoglosses. Sociolects.
  • 7. Northern and southern dialect groups. Main distinctive features of the Modern Greek dialects.
  • 8. Cretan dialect.
  • 9. Peloponnesian idioms.
  • 10. Idioms of the southeastern (Dodecanese, Cyclades, Chios) and northeastern Aegean (Lesbos, Limnos, Imvros, Samothraki).
  • 11. Ioanian Islands idioms.
  • 12. Idioms of Northern Greece.
  • 13. Cypriot Greek.
  • 14. The current dialectal sociolinguistic situation in Greece: a summary.
  • The explanation of each dialect group is accompanied by listening, reading and translation of simple dialectal texts.
Literature
  • Trudgill, P. (2000): Modern Greek dialects: A preliminary classification. Journal of Greek Linguistics 4: 45-63
  • • Καμπάκη-Βουγιουκλή, Π. (2009): Εισαγωγή στη νεοελληνική διαλεκτολογία κατά παράδοση. Ξάνθη: Σπανίδης.
  • Μηνάς Κ. 2020. Γλωσσικός άτλαντας Δωδεκανήσου. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη
  • Αναγνωστόπουλος, Γ. (1924): Εισαγωγή εις την νεοελληνική διαλεκτολογία. Περί της αρχής των Νεοελληνικών διαλέκτων. Επετηρίς της Εταιρείας Βυζαντινών Σπουδών 1: 93-108.
  • HORROCKS, Geoffrey C. Greek : a history of the language and its speakers. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, xx, 505. ISBN 9781405134156. info
  • KONTOSOPOULOS, Nikolaos G. Glōssikos atlas tīs Krītīs : genikī eisagōgī kai diagektologikoi chartes. Īrakleio: Panepistīmiakīs ekdoseis Krītīs, 2006, 236 s. ISBN 9605241862. info
  • PITYKAKĪS, Manōlīs I. To glōssiko idiōma tīs Anatolikīs Krītīs : etymologia - sīmasia - orthografia - profora. Ekdosī 2. Neapolī Krītīs: Ekdosī Koinōfelous Idrymatos Emmanouīl kai Marias Pitykakī, 2001, Strana 576. ISBN 9608702003. info
  • PAPANGELOU, Roīs. To kypriako idiōma : mega kypro-ellīno-aggliko (kai me latinikī orologia) lexiko : ermīneutiko-etymologiko-proforas orthīs grafīs (kai me plīrī diastaurōsī) : me mia diexodikī eisagōgī tou lexikografou. 1ī ekdosī. Athīna: Iōlkos, 2001, li, 1400. ISBN 960426186X. info
  • I elliniki glossa kai oi dialektoi tis. Edited by Dimitris N. Maronitis. Athina: Ekdoseis Ziti, 2000, 141 s. ISBN 9608593182. info
  • Dialect enclaves of the Greek language. Edited by A.-F Christidīs. Athīna: Ypourgeio Ethnikīs Paideias kai Thrīskeymatōn, 1999, 155 stran. ISBN 9608593158. info
  • KONTOSOPOULOS, Nikolaos G. Dialektoi kai idiomata tis neas ellinikis. ananeomeni ekdosis. Athina: [s.n.], 1994, xiv, 213. info
  • GIAGKOULLÉS, Kóstas. Etymologiko kai erméneutiko lexiko tés kypriakés dialektos. Leukósia: [s.n.], 1990. info
  • The history of the Greek language in Cyprus : proceedings of an international symposium sponsored by the Pierides Foundation, Larnaca, Cyprus, 8-13 September, 1986. Edited by Jacqueline Karageorghis - Olivier Masson. Larnaca: Pierides foundation Larnaca, 1988, xl, 222. ISBN 9963560709. info
Teaching methods
lectures; listening, reading and translation of dialectal texts; class discussion on translations; homework
Assessment methods
active participation in the courses, submitting written assignments, oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
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