The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Greek Cypri... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Greek Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals – Cypriot anthologies and anthologies of Cypriot literature – across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, as they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclu...
The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dia... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals –Cypriot Anthologies and Anthologies of Cypriot Literature– across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of Typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclusive discus...
This study examines the effects of focus prominence production on tonal alignment in Athenian Gre... more This study examines the effects of focus prominence production on tonal alignment in Athenian Greek and Cypriot Greek. Information focus has been elicited by using a Wh-Question in utterances with varying number of syllable constituents���from twelve syllables to eighteen���following the constituent under focus prominence. The results indicate significant effects of speech variety on the alignment of tonal targets; utterance length on the other hand showed poor effects on tonal alignment. Key words: focus, intonation, Athenian Greek, ...
Drawing on a corpus of selected dialectal texts, this paper investigates the typographic practice... more Drawing on a corpus of selected dialectal texts, this paper investigates the typographic practices and spelling conventions employed for the written representation of the distinctive sounds of the colloquial Greek-Cypriot dialect (henceforth GCD). The present study aims at pointing out that the absence of an agreed, unified orthographic system has led to the emergence of multiple non-systematic typographic conventions and accordingly to the inconsistent representation of the dialect in written discourse. Consequently, it is shown that a general confusion regarding the "correct" orthography of the dialect prevails, while numerous debates have been raised among linguists and lexicographers underpinned by contradictive language ideologies and political stances. Finally, the lack of Unicode characters and/or a correctly designed typeface including a number of special characters to support the GC generated numerous problems to publishers who turned out to use alternative, time-...
The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dia... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals –Cypriot Anthologies and Anthologies of Cypriot Literature– across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of Typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclusive discussion, some suggestions are formulated as regards this particular topic.
This paper investigates issues related to the interplay of typography and orthography design for ... more This paper investigates issues related to the interplay of typography and orthography design for a non-codified dialect. Specifically, it deals with the orthographic representation of the nonstandard, Greek-Cypriot dialect (henceforth GC) spoken by the Greek-Cypriots in Cyprus with a focus on the unconventional and highly controversial orthography of the distinctive phonological features of the GC dialect, all representing consonantal variation (Schneider & Wagner, 2006) . The analysis and interpretation of the study’s findings revealed that traditionally the representation of the GC dialect in written discourse has been characterized by non-systematicity. In most cases the choice of spelling conventions has been underpinned by contradictory language ideologies regarding the different types of orthographic systems (Sebba, 2007) . As Halliday stated, language has a semiotic value, through language we construct to a great extent our identities, our ideologies and experiences. In the case of Cyprus, language has indeed obtained the central and almost exclusive role in indexing the national and cultural identity of GCs (Goutsos & Karyolemou, 2004) . In addition, the study shows that a general confusion regarding the “correct” orthography of the dialect prevails, raising numerous debates among linguists and lexicographers.
The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Greek Cypri... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Greek Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals – Cypriot anthologies and anthologies of Cypriot literature – across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, as they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclu...
The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dia... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals –Cypriot Anthologies and Anthologies of Cypriot Literature– across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of Typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclusive discus...
This study examines the effects of focus prominence production on tonal alignment in Athenian Gre... more This study examines the effects of focus prominence production on tonal alignment in Athenian Greek and Cypriot Greek. Information focus has been elicited by using a Wh-Question in utterances with varying number of syllable constituents���from twelve syllables to eighteen���following the constituent under focus prominence. The results indicate significant effects of speech variety on the alignment of tonal targets; utterance length on the other hand showed poor effects on tonal alignment. Key words: focus, intonation, Athenian Greek, ...
Drawing on a corpus of selected dialectal texts, this paper investigates the typographic practice... more Drawing on a corpus of selected dialectal texts, this paper investigates the typographic practices and spelling conventions employed for the written representation of the distinctive sounds of the colloquial Greek-Cypriot dialect (henceforth GCD). The present study aims at pointing out that the absence of an agreed, unified orthographic system has led to the emergence of multiple non-systematic typographic conventions and accordingly to the inconsistent representation of the dialect in written discourse. Consequently, it is shown that a general confusion regarding the "correct" orthography of the dialect prevails, while numerous debates have been raised among linguists and lexicographers underpinned by contradictive language ideologies and political stances. Finally, the lack of Unicode characters and/or a correctly designed typeface including a number of special characters to support the GC generated numerous problems to publishers who turned out to use alternative, time-...
The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dia... more The aim of this study is to register and analyze the writing conventions used for the Cypriot dialect (GCD), as set out in educational manuals –Cypriot Anthologies and Anthologies of Cypriot Literature– across various levels of education. At the same time, findings are discussed from the point of view of Typography, that is in terms of the organization of letters, their arrangement and typesetting in a given space, during the design phase of a page intended to be printed. The brief introduction outlines the criteria that need to be met by a writing system in order to be functional. This is followed by the description of the sociolinguistic situation in Cyprus and the presentation of orthographical conventions that were used or are being used today for the reproduction of the GCD in printed form or on screen. The various systems used to write the dialect, they appear in school textbooks across all levels of education, are then presented and analyzed. Finally, in our conclusive discussion, some suggestions are formulated as regards this particular topic.
This paper investigates issues related to the interplay of typography and orthography design for ... more This paper investigates issues related to the interplay of typography and orthography design for a non-codified dialect. Specifically, it deals with the orthographic representation of the nonstandard, Greek-Cypriot dialect (henceforth GC) spoken by the Greek-Cypriots in Cyprus with a focus on the unconventional and highly controversial orthography of the distinctive phonological features of the GC dialect, all representing consonantal variation (Schneider & Wagner, 2006) . The analysis and interpretation of the study’s findings revealed that traditionally the representation of the GC dialect in written discourse has been characterized by non-systematicity. In most cases the choice of spelling conventions has been underpinned by contradictory language ideologies regarding the different types of orthographic systems (Sebba, 2007) . As Halliday stated, language has a semiotic value, through language we construct to a great extent our identities, our ideologies and experiences. In the case of Cyprus, language has indeed obtained the central and almost exclusive role in indexing the national and cultural identity of GCs (Goutsos & Karyolemou, 2004) . In addition, the study shows that a general confusion regarding the “correct” orthography of the dialect prevails, raising numerous debates among linguists and lexicographers.
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