Towards a typological classification of modern greek

In the area of the Modern Greek verb, phenomena which consistently appear are headmarking, many potential slots before and/or after the verb root, noun and adverb incorporation, addition of adverbial elements by means of affixes, a large inventory of bound morphemes, verbal words as minimal sentences, etc. These features relate Modern Greek to polysynthesis. The main bulk of this paper is dedicated to the comparison of affixal and incorporation patterns between Modern Greek and the polysynthetic languages Abkhaz, Cayuga, Chukchi, Mohawk, and Nahuatl. Ultimately, a typological outlook for Modern Greek is proposed

Verbalternationen und Verbspaltung im Neugriechischen

This paper deals with a group of five alternations for the Modern Greek verb in the syntactic frame NPi__NP for the active form and NP__ for the corresponding active or passive form. The alternations causative/auto, causative/reflexive, causative/reciprocal, causative/control, and passive participle are presented. It is shown how the interpretation of some of these alternations is influenced by the context. The second part deals with the splitting of the verbs kapnízo and potízo into homophonous lexical units and explains why the alternations component must be favoured in comparison to the conceptual structures and semantic fields component. The proposed model incorporates a version of Ray Jackendoff's conceptual structures

Attitudinal compounds in English

This paper deals with the empirical validation of evaluative operations in English compounds first presented in Charitonidis (2014). The object of investigation are 103 English compounds expressing positive or negative stance, taken from Algeo's (1991) dictionary of neologisms. In the validation task, the valence (emotional positivity) ratings in Warriner, Kuperman and Brysbaert (2013) are used. The non-compositional patterns are explained with reference to the difference rate between the mean values of constituents and/or negative standard-deviation shifts in the evaluative heads

Polysynthetic Tendencies in Modern Greek

The aim of this paper is to provide a more accurate typological classification of Modern Greek. The verb in MG shows many polysynthetic traits, such as noun and adverb incorporation into the verbal complex, a large inventory of bound morphemes, pronominal marking of objects, many potential slots before the verbal head, nonconfigurational syntax, etc. On the basis of these traits, MG has similarities with polysynthetic languages such as Abkhaz, Cayuga, Chukchi, Mohawk, Nahuatl, a.o. I will show that the abundance of similar patterns between MG and polysynthesis point to the evolution of a new system away from the traditional dependent-marking strategy and simple synthesis towards head-marking and polysynthesis. Finally, I will point to the risk of undertaking a direct comparison of different language systems by discussing the pronominal head-marking strategies in MG and the North American languages

Greek -ízo Derivatives: A Conceptual Analysis

This paper deals with the semantic structures of the Event -ízo derivatives in Modern Greek, appearing in the syntactic frames NPi __ NP and NP __ . The present analysis incorporates a version of Ray Jackendoff's conceptual semantics (1983, 1990, 1992). Special attention is paid to the semantic under-determination of word-formation rules. Semantic fields, conceptual functions, formation rules, and mechanisms/rules involved in -ízo derivation are presented. A principled account of various ambiguous structures is also provided. In the last part, the conceptual structures in -ízo derivation are finally laid down and the question of keeping these structures minimal while extending the semantic fields is once more addressed

Investigation of volume diffusion hydrodynamics : application to tight porous media

Various engineering problems imply rarefied gas flows that rely in the transition and free molecular regimes, e.g., micro and nano devices. The recent expansion of shale gas production where rarefied conditions are found in reservoirs exposed another area of application with a major importance. Continuum based methods like standard Navier- Stokes equations break down in the transition regime and free molecular regime. In order to model such flows discrete methods are usually adopted. Boltzmann equation can theoretically be used to simulate rarefied gas flows. However, complexity of its collision integral limits its applications mostly to simple cases (i.e., one dimension problems). The direct simulation Monte Carlo method which mimics the Boltzmann equation is the dominant method for simulating rarefied gas flows. It has been tested in several engineering problems, ranging from nano scale flow to re-entry vehicles with very consistent results in comparison with experimental data and analytical solutions. Its computational cost is, however, enormous for complex cases. Observations from Crookes radiometer inspired extending the continuum methods so that they could capture non-equilibrium phenomena in small scales. In the present thesis two different hydrodynamic model are presented. The first one is based on the Korteweg expression and the second one is called “Bi-velocity”. Firstly, the two models are presented in their mathematical forms. The proposed models are then developed in open-source computational fluid dynamics solvers. The models are tested and benchmarked in different rarefied gas flows problems in the whole range of Knudsen number. We used problems that are found in micro and nano systems and tight porous media. Results from the hydrodynamic models are compared against experimental data where available and the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. The two extended hydrodynamic models show improved results in comparison with standard Navier-Stokes