Table Of ContentHaritini Kallergi
Reduplication at the Word Level
Studia Typologica
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Volume 17
Haritini Kallergi
Reduplication at
the Word Level
The Greek Facts in Typological Perspective
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To my family, old and new
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‘Εχει την μέση της και η άκρη-άκρη.
have:3SG the.ACC middle.ACC her and the.NOM edge.NOM edge.NOM
‘Even the utter edge has its middle.’
Odysseas Elytis, Simatologion
Acknowledgments
This thesis was supported by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). It was
actually able to be completed with the financial aid of the foundation and in the
time that the concomitant three-year study-leave allowed me to have. Thus, I
am greatly indebted to the foundation and the people with which I communi-
cated for practical issues during my scholarship.
I would also like to express my gratitude towards my supervising committee.
First, I am utterly indebted to my main supervisor, Prof. Anastasios Tsan-
galidis, who has stood by me for a long time now, being both caring and critical,
as well as a patient teacher; he has practically read everything I wrote (whether
relevant to the dissertation or not) and has taught me to conduct research, write
academic papers, be as clear as possible and (at least, try) not to be too anxious
in general. I try to make practice his wise warning that I cannot “squarify” the
circle, hoping that I can become independent from his ever-helping hand and
sharp advice.
Second, I should warmly thank Prof. Thomas Stolz, who has managed to co-
supervise my dissertation from Bremen. I am lucky to have found a professor in
my committee to share so many interests and ideas with. Although we actually
met very little over the years, he has been always there for the important matters
and has been always encouraging, showing trust in my work as well as giving
practical support.
Third, I should deeply thank my co-supervisor Prof. Georgia Catsimali, for
her real faith in me and her moral support in every step of the process. Even
from far, she gave me useful advice on theoretical and practical matters and
showed optimism, which was most helpful.
At this point, I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of two peo-
ple, who, although not officially in my committee, offered their help as if they
were part of it: Prof. Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli showed genuine interest in my work
and inspired me into constructing the production experiment (Sentence Com-
pletion Task or SCT), in the implementation of which she contributed in more
than one ways; she helped me with the methodology and organization, worked
as a second rater, and guided me through the presentation of the results. I also
owe the phonological experiment to the help of Prof. Mary Baltazani. She taught
me basic intonational phonology from scratch, and patiently supported my
efforts in using technical tools (such as ToBI) to gain interesting results for my
theoretical goals. I am proud to have enjoyed the attention and support of both
these leading scholars.
x | Acknowledgments
For their contribution in terms of sources, discussions, comments on
presentations and/or general interest in my work, heartfelt thanks go to the
following professors and/or linguists (in alphabetical order): Eleni Agatho-
poulou, Anna Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Johan van der Auwera, Geert Booij, Patri-
cia Cabredo-Hoffherr, Wolfgang Dressler, Angeliki Efthymiou, Francesca Forza,
Franck Floricic, Livio Gaeta, David Gil, Dionysis Goutsos, Martin Haspelmath,
Kees Hengeveld, Evia Kainada, Maria Kakridi-Ferrari, Jesse Kirchner, Fransces-
ca Masini, George Markopoulos, Ora Matushansky, Thanasis Nakas, Katerina
Nicolaidou, Paolo Ramat, Rafaelle Simone, Anna Thornton, Nina Topintzi,
George Xydopoulos and especially Ioannis Veloudis, for early guidelines into
the semantics of TR, as well as Bernhard Wälchli, for long personal communica-
tion on difficult theoretical matters.
For their practical and/or technical help, I should also thank: Kristina
Tritsis and Maria Frantzeskaki (for the translations from German), Sakis Laios
(for his teaching me how to use PRAAT), Maria Papakonstantinou (for the “fill-
ers” in the SCT) and Katerina Alexandri (for working as a second rater in the
SCT). Special thanks go to Georgia Fotiadou for her help with rating and with
the statistics of the SCT; without her, the presentation of the production exper-
iment would be in fact impossible.
Regarding the phonological experiment, I would like to thank the following
friends, who offered their time to participate in it: Christos Barbas, Efthymis
Charalampidis, Olympia Gianneka, Leela Kallergi, Maria Kaltsa, Agapi Katsarou,
Fenia Kotsopoulou, Christina Maligkoudi, Sofia Marinou, Dimitra Maschalidi,
Sofia Maschalidi, Irene Sinou, Eleftheria Tetoula, Thanasis Tsintsifas, Aggelos
Vilderis and Giorgos Xanthopoulos. At the pre-experiment stage, Giannis
Baliakas, Maria Giannoudaki, Dimitris Maronidis, Dimitris Tasoudis and Dora
Vaka also offered their help. Regarding the production experiment, I thank all the
anonymous participants for their invaluable contribution.
Also, I appreciate the support of my friends (Katerina Tzimopoulou, Dora
Nikolitsopoulou, Rodi Voyatzi, Sylvia Karastathi and many others listed above),
who always believed that I will (finally) make it. I am particularly thankful to
Sofia Katsoura, for encouraging me to take the IKY exams and hosted me during
the exams in Athens.
Finally, I am deeply grateful to my parents, Vaggelis and Roula Kallergi,
and my brother Dimitris, for their love and trust in whatever I did. They are
really always there for me.
In closing, I could never forget my husband, Dimitris, who has read the the-
sis abstract today, but did not understand it. I would like to thank him for, in
fact, understanding about me much more than he thinks.
