Kleanthes K Grohmann
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 744085 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kleanthes K Grohmann |
| NOMBRES | Kleanthes K |
| APELLIDO | Grohmann |
| FIRMA | GROHMANN K K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4298-3191 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 37 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Production of Sentential Negation in German and Italian Non-fluent Aphasia
The ability of persons with non-fluent aphasia (PWAs) to produce sentential negation has been investigated in several languages, but only in small samples. Accounts of (morpho)syntactic impairment in PWAs have emphasized various factors, such as whether the negative marker blocks or interferes with verb movement, the position of the Negation Phrase in the syntactic hierarchy or the interpretability of negation. This study investigates the ability…
A Small Island With Big Differences? Folk Perceptions in the Context of Dialect Levelling and Koineization
This paper presents the results of the first study within a perceptual dialectology framework in the Greek-speaking community in Cyprus. Thirty participants from three age groups of equal size took part in a sociolinguistic interview. As part of the language module component of the interview, they discussed their beliefs about regional variation in Cyprus and completed the so-called ‘draw-a-map task’. All participants were residents of urban area…
Passives Cross-Linguistically
The chapters collected in the volume Passives Cross-Linguistically provide analyses of passive constructions across different languages and populations from the interface perspectives between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The contributions are, in principle, all based on the background of generative grammatical theory. In addition to the theoretical contributions of the first part of this volume, all solidly built on rich empirical bases, so…
On “free” grammatical variation in a mixed lect
Variation involving a switch between pre- and post-verbal placement of pronominal object clitics in a single syntactic environment within a language is unexpected. The rationale why this would not be expected is clear: Languages pattern as either proclitic or enclitic with respect to object clitic placement, possibly allowing one or the other option across different syntactic environments. We provide an overview of our research from data collecte…
(Meta)linguistic abilities of bilectal educators
The present study examines whether bilectal Greek Cypriot educators are able to identify dialectal (Cypriot Greek) elements superimposed on the standard language (Standard Modern Greek) in a written variety-judgment task. By doing so, (meta)linguistic skills of bilectal teachers from Cyprus were put to the test and later compared to the results of monolingual native Standard Modern Greek-speaking teachers from Greece on the same task. The finding…
How do 5-year-olds understand questions? Differences in languages across Europe
The comprehension of constituent questions is an important topic for language acquisition research and for applications in the diagnosis of language impairment. This article presents the results of a study investigating the comprehension of different types of questions by 5-year-old, typically developing children across 19 European countries, 18 different languages, and 7 language (sub-)families. The study investigated the effects of two factors …
A Cypriot Greek Adaptation of the CDI
The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory ( CDI ) has been widely used to study children’s word production in both monolingual and bilingual contexts, in typical and atypical populations, and for the study of different aspects of language development, such as the use of mutual exclusivity. In this study, an adaptation of the CDI in Cypriot Greek is used to collect production data for post-vocabulary spurt children growing up in a bi…
Acquisition of clitics
Object clitics in Cypriot Greek children with SLI
Left dislocation in Germanic
Towards Comparative Bilingualism
Preview this article: Towards Comparative Bilingualism, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lab.4.3.06gro-1.gif
Developments in the acquisition of Wh-interrogatives in Cypriot Greek
This cross-sectional study investigates the acquisition of the interpretation of syntactic and semantic aspects ofwh-questions by Cypriot Greek-speaking children aged 4 to 9 years. Two experimental tools were employed, a question-picture-matching task examining the comprehension of D-linked and non-D-linked questions for subject and object, and a question-after-picture task examining the comprehension of the notion of exhaustivity in single and m…
Introducing socio-syntax and language acquisition
Preview this article: Introducing socio-syntax and language acquisition, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lv.14.1.001gro-1.gif
Clitics in idioms
Lexical retrieval for nouns and verbs in typically developing bilectal children
Previous evidence shows that nouns are easier for many language users to retrieve than verbs, but scant research has been conducted with children in bilectal environments (where both standard and non-standard forms of a language are spoken). This study investigates object and action naming in children who are native speakers of a non-standard variety, Cypriot Greek (CG), but instructed scholastically in the official variety, Standard Modern Greek…
Specific language impairment in Cypriot Greek
Investigating children's language skills in their native variety is of paramount importance. Clinical practices cannot be based on findings from languages or varieties which have different properties. This paper, after demonstrating the importance of investigating Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in Cyprus, assesses the feasibility of existing language assessments in Standard Modern Greek for the diagnosis of SLI in the Greek Cypriot context, f…
Introducing language development and impairment
Preview this article: Introducing language development and impairment, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lv.13.2.001gro-1.gif
Discrete bilectalism
This article explores the nuances in the type of diglossic society in Cyprus towards a characterization of the precise stage of diglossic progression that accurately describes the current sociolinguistic state of Greek-speaking Cyprus. The question concerns the identification of that status as diglossic, as standardwith-dialects (social dialectia), or as bidialectal. We propose that the society can be characterized as diglossic, likely moving tow…
Comparing multilingual children with SLI to their bilectal peers
Against the background of the increasing number of multilingual children with atypical language development around the world, this study reports research results on grammatical word class processing involving children with specific language impairment (SLI). The study investigates lexical retrieval of verbs (through picture-naming actions) and compares performances for the same children with noun retrieval (through picture-naming objects). It was…
Explorations of Phase Theory
Phase Theory is the latest model of modern syntactic theorizing in the generative tradition, the larger research enterprise known as the 'Minimalist Program.' This volume collects current research of scholars who investigate the role of formal features in the grammar, address licensing of grammatical properties in the theoretical model, and critically inspect particular aspects of the expression of arguments within Phase Theory. The chapters prov…
Remark
We offer here some remarks on the concept of phases, as formulated in recent developments on minimalist theorizing. Our main objective is to express our feeling that, in their present definitions, phases are poorly understood. We argue that the major properties of phases can be viewed as reincarnations of explanations in terms of islands (or bounding nodes and successive cyclicity, respectively). The present remarks are intended as productive sti…
On the syntactic expression of pejorative mood
The hypothesis of the copy theory of movement forces us to look at mismatches between syntax and LF on the one hand, and syntax and PF on the other in particular ways, often revealing new insights. Through such a lens, we examine the syntactic expression of pejorative mood through echo reduplication, focusing on shm -reduplication in (varieties of predominantly American) English. It is argued that the two elements in a reduplicated structure form…
Optimality-theoretic Syntax (review)
Reviewed by: Optimality-theoretic syntax ed. by Géraldine Legendre, Jane Grimshaw, and Sten Vikner Kleanthes K. Grohmann Optimality-theoretic syntax. Ed. by Géraldine Legendre, Jane Grimshaw, and Sten Vikner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books, 2001. Pp. xviii, 548. ISBN 026262138X. $47. This joint venture of conference proceedings and independently solicited papers makes for a highly successful volume on OT syntax from both a general-applic…
German is a multiple wh-fronting language!
Multiple Wh-Fronting
Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the “classic” multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malag…
Remark
We offer here some remarks on the concept of phases, as formulated in recent developments on minimalist theorizing. Our main objective is to express our feeling that, in their present definitions, phases are poorly understood. We argue that the major properties of phases can be viewed as reincarnations of explanations in terms of islands (or bounding nodes and successive cyclicity, respectively). The present remarks are intended as productive sti…
Discrete bilectalism
This article explores the nuances in the type of diglossic society in Cyprus towards a characterization of the precise stage of diglossic progression that accurately describes the current sociolinguistic state of Greek-speaking Cyprus. The question concerns the identification of that status as diglossic, as standardwith-dialects (social dialectia), or as bidialectal. We propose that the society can be characterized as diglossic, likely moving tow…
Comparing multilingual children with SLI to their bilectal peers
Against the background of the increasing number of multilingual children with atypical language development around the world, this study reports research results on grammatical word class processing involving children with specific language impairment (SLI). The study investigates lexical retrieval of verbs (through picture-naming actions) and compares performances for the same children with noun retrieval (through picture-naming objects). It was…
Successive Cyclicity under (Anti-)Local Considerations
Locality effects are typically understood to ensue when a dependency between two positions is too long-that is, as an upper bound on the distance an element may move (standard locality). This article explores some consequences of asking whether the opposite effect exists also, in terms of the Anti-Locality Hypothesis: movement must be local, but not too local. Anti-locality is formulated through a tripartite split of clause structure into Prolifi…
Acquisition of clitics
Object clitics in Cypriot Greek children with SLI
Clitics in idioms
A Cypriot Greek Adaptation of the CDI
The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory ( CDI ) has been widely used to study children’s word production in both monolingual and bilingual contexts, in typical and atypical populations, and for the study of different aspects of language development, such as the use of mutual exclusivity. In this study, an adaptation of the CDI in Cypriot Greek is used to collect production data for post-vocabulary spurt children growing up in a bi…
Introducing socio-syntax and language acquisition
Preview this article: Introducing socio-syntax and language acquisition, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lv.14.1.001gro-1.gif
Elements of Grammar
Introduction L. Haegeman. Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure M. Baker. Perfect Chains M. Brody. The Best Clitic: Constraint Conflict in Morphosyntax J. Grimshaw. Subjecthood and the Subject Position J. McCloskey. Notes on Clause Structure J.-Y. Pollock. The Fine Structure of the Left Periphery L. Rizzi. Index
Towards a Syntactic Understanding of Prosodically Reduced Pronouns
Prosodically reduced pronouns come in two forms, “weak ” and “clitic, ” both differing from non-reduced “strong ” pronouns. Both of these also occur in Westgermanic
Prolific domains and the left periphery
The left periphery has enjoyed extensive study over the past years, especially drawn against the framework of Rizzi (1997). It is argued that in this part of the clause, relations are licensed that have direct impact on discourse interpretation and information structure, such as topic, focus, clause type, and the like. I take this line of research up and argue in favour of a split CP on the basis of strictly left-peripheral phenomena across langu…
Themes in Greek Linguistics II
1. Introduction 2. List of Contributors 3. Section I: Phonology 4. Breaking up is (not) Hard to Do the case of the modern greek pt/kt sequences (by Pagoni-Tetlow, Stamatia) 5. Lexical Marking and Dominance in Modern Greek (by Revithiadou, Anthi) 6. Section II: Morphology 7. On the Morphological Status of Inflectional Features evidence from modern greek (by Ralli, Angela) 8. On What Happens if a 'Heart-conqueror' Meets The Projection Principle: A …
Atomism and Binding
This book contains several chapters dealing with Binding Theory, that is the theory dealing with the distribution and interpretation of definite descriptions, pronouns and reflexives. The general procedure by which a model is built out of various relatively independent submodules is referred to by the term Atomism
Clausal tripartition, anti-locality and preliminary considerations of a formal approach to clause types
We will see how it is reasonable to speak of a minimum distance that an element must cross in order to enter into a well-formed movement dependency. In the course of the discussion of this notion of anti-localiry, a theoretical framework unfolds which is compatible with recent thoughts on syntactic computation regarding local economy and phrase structure, as well as the view that certain pronouns are grammatical formatives, rather than fully lexi…
On predication, derivation and anti-locality
This paper pursues the question what the implications of the Anti-Locality Hypothesis could be for the syntax of secondary predication. Focus of the discussion will be an investigation of what their internal structure of small clause complements must look like, how these small clause complements connect to their matrix environments, and what the relevance could be for the formulation of anti-locality presented here. Anti-locality is defined over …
"Natural relations"
With the rise of minimalism, many concepts related to the geometrical relations of phrase structure held fast to in earlier approaches have been reconsidered. This article deals with distinguishing (relational and technical) properties of specifiers and adjuncts in a Bare Phrase Structure framework (X'-Theory). I extend specific aspects of X-structure relevant to the discussion of specifiers vs. adjuncts. I argue that unique specifiers can be der…
Anti-locality and clause types
We will see how it is reasonable to speak of a minimum distance that an element must cross in order to enter into a well-formed movement dependency. In the course of the discussion of this notion of anti-locality, a theoretical framework unfolds which is compatible with recent thoughts on syntactic computation regarding local economy and phrase structure, as well as the view that certain pronouns are grammatical formatives, rather than fully lexi…
German is a multiple wh-fronting language!
Multiple Wh-Fronting
Typological differences in the formation of multiple Wh-questions are well-known. One option is fronting all Wh-phrases to the sentence periphery. The contributions to this volume all explore this option from a number of perspectives. Topics covered include finer investigations of the “classic” multiple Wh-fronting languages (such as the South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian), extensions to less well studied languages (Basque, Malag…
Prolific Domains
Standard conceptions of Locality aim to establish that a dependency between two positions may not span too long a distance. This book explores the opposite conception, Anti-Locality : Don’t move too close. The model of clause structure, syntactic computation, and locality concerns Kleanthes Grohmann develops makes crucial use of derivational sub-domains, Prolific Domains , each encapsulating particular context information (thematic, agreement, di…
Multiple Wh-fronting
Successive Cyclicity under (Anti-)Local Considerations
Locality effects are typically understood to ensue when a dependency between two positions is too long-that is, as an upper bound on the distance an element may move (standard locality). This article explores some consequences of asking whether the opposite effect exists also, in terms of the Anti-Locality Hypothesis: movement must be local, but not too local. Anti-locality is formulated through a tripartite split of clause structure into Prolifi…
On the syntactic expression of pejorative mood
The hypothesis of the copy theory of movement forces us to look at mismatches between syntax and LF on the one hand, and syntax and PF on the other in particular ways, often revealing new insights. Through such a lens, we examine the syntactic expression of pejorative mood through echo reduplication, focusing on shm -reduplication in (varieties of predominantly American) English. It is argued that the two elements in a reduplicated structure form…
Optimality-theoretic Syntax (review)
Reviewed by: Optimality-theoretic syntax ed. by Géraldine Legendre, Jane Grimshaw, and Sten Vikner Kleanthes K. Grohmann Optimality-theoretic syntax. Ed. by Géraldine Legendre, Jane Grimshaw, and Sten Vikner. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books, 2001. Pp. xviii, 548. ISBN 026262138X. $47. This joint venture of conference proceedings and independently solicited papers makes for a highly successful volume on OT syntax from both a general-applic…
Remark
We offer here some remarks on the concept of phases, as formulated in recent developments on minimalist theorizing. Our main objective is to express our feeling that, in their present definitions, phases are poorly understood. We argue that the major properties of phases can be viewed as reincarnations of explanations in terms of islands (or bounding nodes and successive cyclicity, respectively). The present remarks are intended as productive sti…
Explorations of Phase Theory
Phase Theory is the latest model of modern syntactic theorizing in the generative tradition, the larger research enterprise known as the 'Minimalist Program.' This volume collects current research of scholars who investigate the role of formal features in the grammar, address licensing of grammatical properties in the theoretical model, and critically inspect particular aspects of the expression of arguments within Phase Theory. The chapters prov…
Comparing multilingual children with SLI to their bilectal peers
Against the background of the increasing number of multilingual children with atypical language development around the world, this study reports research results on grammatical word class processing involving children with specific language impairment (SLI). The study investigates lexical retrieval of verbs (through picture-naming actions) and compares performances for the same children with noun retrieval (through picture-naming objects). It was…
Lexical retrieval for nouns and verbs in typically developing bilectal children
Previous evidence shows that nouns are easier for many language users to retrieve than verbs, but scant research has been conducted with children in bilectal environments (where both standard and non-standard forms of a language are spoken). This study investigates object and action naming in children who are native speakers of a non-standard variety, Cypriot Greek (CG), but instructed scholastically in the official variety, Standard Modern Greek…
Specific language impairment in Cypriot Greek
Investigating children's language skills in their native variety is of paramount importance. Clinical practices cannot be based on findings from languages or varieties which have different properties. This paper, after demonstrating the importance of investigating Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in Cyprus, assesses the feasibility of existing language assessments in Standard Modern Greek for the diagnosis of SLI in the Greek Cypriot context, f…
Introducing language development and impairment
Preview this article: Introducing language development and impairment, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lv.13.2.001gro-1.gif
Discrete bilectalism
This article explores the nuances in the type of diglossic society in Cyprus towards a characterization of the precise stage of diglossic progression that accurately describes the current sociolinguistic state of Greek-speaking Cyprus. The question concerns the identification of that status as diglossic, as standardwith-dialects (social dialectia), or as bidialectal. We propose that the society can be characterized as diglossic, likely moving tow…
Left dislocation in Germanic
Towards Comparative Bilingualism
Preview this article: Towards Comparative Bilingualism, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lab.4.3.06gro-1.gif
Linguistics (32 obras) · Philosophy (28 obras) · Computer Science (24 obras) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (18 obras) · Psychology (15 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (11 obras) · Language Development and Disorders (10 obras) · Syntax (10 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (9 obras) · Mathematics (9 obras)