Aspects of Modern Greek Compounding

ORGANIZER: Angela Ralli

Compounding is a particularly rich word-formation process in Modern Greek, consisting of at least two stems, which are either in a dependency or in a coordinative relation (Ralli 2007). It shows features of crucial importance on both theoretical and applied grounds, some of which are tackled in this workshop.

The presentations deal with topics from the theory of grammar, historical linguistics, toponymy, language acquisition, and psycholinguistics. They all show that compounding is a hot research topic, the study of which can shed light into our knowledge of language in general, and Modern Greek in particular.