Papers by Chariton Charitonidis
Acta Linguistica Lithuanica, 2024
The Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) is an established goodness-of-fit measure for selecting mo... more The Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) is an established goodness-of-fit measure for selecting models in the analysis of empirical data. However, AIC is sensitive to sample size. Author’s previous research has shown that Scaled AIC, i.e. AIC divided by sample size, is an effective tool for assessing model fit and hierarchizing regression models. The present study explores further properties of this variable. The object of investigation are 66 multiple regression models referring to the processing of closed (concatenated) English compounds taken from Gagné et al.’s (2019) Large Database of English Compounds (LADEC). In particular, Scaled AIC is juxtaposed to the English Lexicon Project (ELP) and British Lexicon Project (BLP) as sources of response times, the lexical decision and naming tasks, compound length, and transparency norms. One-way ANOVA, main effects analysis, and non-parametric tests are used as methods. The findings suggest that Scaled AIC is responsive to experimental design, the source of response times, and the lexical decision and naming tasks. At the same time, the results of this study offer empirical support for the validation of methods employed by Gagné et al. (2019).
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Studia Neophilologica, Jun 8, 2024
This paper describes the effects of hyponymy and emotion on the comprehension and production of c... more This paper describes the effects of hyponymy and emotion on the comprehension and production of compound words. The research subjects are over 2000 concatenated compounds of English taken from the LADEC database (Gagné et al. 2019). The study builds on the research carried out in Charitonidis (2022), according to which context concreteness for the second constituent was a significant positive predictor of lexical decision and naming times from the English Lexicon Project (ELP) and the British Lexicon Project (BLP). In the present paper, the hyponymy norms from Gagné et al. (2020) were added in the analysis. The results show that both hyponymy and context concreteness for the second constituent are relevant. In addition, all models including both variables have a better fit than nested models omitting one of these variables. There is thus strong evidence that both hyponymy and context concreteness for the second constituent are obligatory parameters in compound word processing.
Supplementary files: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370074176_DATA_The_role_of_hyponymy_and_context_concreteness_in_compound_word_processing
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The results referred to in this conference abstract were presented at the 20th International Morp... more The results referred to in this conference abstract were presented at the 20th International Morphology Meeting (IMM20), which took place from September 1st to 4th, 2022, in Budapest, Hungary. The conference was hosted by the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics. The talk was given on September 4th, 2022. The same results were initially presented at the 25th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, held from May 13th to 15th, 2022, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event was hosted by the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the School of English at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The talk titled "Context awareness in word recognition: The case of English non-spaced compounds" was delivered on May 14th, 2022.
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24th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics - Selected Papers, 2022
This study deals with the attitudinal functions ‘difficulty’ and ‘reluctance/inability’ that, acc... more This study deals with the attitudinal functions ‘difficulty’ and ‘reluctance/inability’ that, according to Sinclair (2004), are mapped onto word sequences containing the phrases naked eye and true feelings, respectively. The methods build on Snefjella & Kuperman (2016) who proposed context norms for English words calculated on ratings of valence, arousal, and concreteness. 149 concordances for naked eye from the British National Corpus (BNC) and 2607 concordances for true feelings from the English Web Corpus (enTenTen15) were considered. Using the software R as a text-mining tool, values of context valence, arousal, and concreteness were computed. The binary logistic method was applied on deviant subclasses (stages). The results show that a categorical switch of attitudinal function occurs in true feelings alone, and only regarding context valence and concreteness.
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Lexis 20: Proper names and the lexicon, Dec 28, 2022
The present paper investigates the effects of valence, arousal, and concreteness norms produced i... more The present paper investigates the effects of valence, arousal, and concreteness norms produced in Warriner et al. [2013], Brysbaert et al. [2014], and Snefjella & Kuperman [2016] on English compounding. The objects of study are over 2000 non‑spaced (concatenated) compounds taken from the LADEC database (Gagné et al. [2019]). In the multiple regression models, the representation (word-level) and context norms are used as independent variables. The lexical decision and naming times from the English Lexicon Project (ELP) and the British Lexicon Project (BLP) are used as dependent variables. It is found that higher values of context concreteness for the second constituent are associated with slower response times across lexical decision and naming.
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Yearbook of the Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2021
Semantic prosody is typically referred to as an evaluative function of certain words or multi-wor... more Semantic prosody is typically referred to as an evaluative function of certain words or multi-word items appearing within collocates of positive or negative meaning. The present study deals with the semantic prosody (context properties) of extended lexical units (ELUs) according to the psycholinguistic variables ‘valence’ (emotional positivity), ‘arousal’ (excitement, mood-enhancement), and ‘concreteness’. The object of investigation are the verbal phrases feel blue (unambiguous idiomatic ELU, without a literal counterpart) and see red (ambiguous ELU, idiomatic or literal). The study builds on Snefjella & Kuperman (2016) who propose context norms for English words on the basis of a USENET mega-corpus. For the detection of ELU representations, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted with speakers of American English. For the detection of the context values of ELUs, a corpus research was carried on by using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the News on the Web corpus (NOW). The results suggest that ELU contexts largely conform to the averaged context norms of ELU constituents. ELU representations are strongly dissociated from contexts.
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Glossologia, Jul 1, 2019
This questionnaire-based survey deals with the valence and arousal (V&A) patterns of diminutive a... more This questionnaire-based survey deals with the valence and arousal (V&A) patterns of diminutive and augmentative adjectives in Modern Greek (MG). The object of investigation are the primary Basic Colour Terms (PBCTs) áspr(o) 'white', mávr(o) 'black', kókin(o) 'red', kítrin(o) 'yellow', and prásin(o) 'green', in combination with the diminutive suffixes utsik(os), ulik(os), and op(os), the diminutive prefix psilo-, and the augmentative prefixes kata- and iper-. The study builds on previous works by Kuperman (2013) and Charitonidis (2017), in which valence appears to be a crucial factor in compound formation. Results show that valence does not play a key role when deriving adjectives. The evaluative V&A heads are standardly the PBCTs, and not the affixes. On the other hand, the arousal levels of the affixes differentiate diminutives and augmentatives strongly.
(Abstract in Greek)
Η παρούσα έρευνα βασίζεται σε ερωτηματολόγιο και μελετά τα σχήματα (συναισθηματικής) θετικότητας και διέγερσης των υποκοριστικών και μεγεθυντικών επιθέτων στα νέα ελληνικά. Αντικείμενο της έρευνας είναι οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι άσπρ(ο), μαύρ(ο), κόκκιν(ο), κίτριν(ο) και πράσιν(ο), σε συνδυασμό με τα υποκοριστικά επιθήματα -ούτσικ(ος), -ούλικ(ο)ς και -ωπ(ός), το υποκοριστικό πρόθημα ψιλο- και τα μεγεθυντικά προθήματα κατα- και υπερ-. Η μελέτη βασίζεται σε προηγούμενες εργασίες των Kuperman (2013) και Charitonidis (2017), στις οποίες η θετικότητα εμφανίζεται ως βασικός παράγοντας στο σχηματισμό συνθέτων. Τα αποτελέσματα υποδεικνύουν ότι η θετικότητα δεν παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στην παραγωγή επιθέτων. Οι αξιολογικές κεφαλές θετικότητας και διέγερσης είναι τυπικά οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι και όχι τα προσφύματα. Από την άλλη, τα επίπεδα διέγερσης των προσφυμάτων διαφοροποιούν έντονα τα υποκοριστικά και τα μεγεθυντικά.
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Studies in Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 19-21 April 2018, 2019
The aim of this study is to introduce a model of Human Agent Appraisal (HAA) that unifies both le... more The aim of this study is to introduce a model of Human Agent Appraisal (HAA) that unifies both lexical and discourse properties of lexemes. The object of investigation are 56 Modern Greek (MG) compounds that evaluate human referents explicitly, positively or negatively, e.g. gheroparáksen(os) 'old geezer', meghaloghiatr(ós) 'famous doctor', dhiavologhinék(a) 'hellcat', xasoméri(s) 'loafer', anixtókardh(os) 'open-hearted', etc. The study builds on previous works by Brown & Gilman (1960), Brown & Levinson (1978), and Martin & White (2005). It is shown that for the unification of lexical and discourse properties of lexemes, the factors of Normality, Discourse Face (Face Threats), and Solidarity are relevant. These factors influence the use of pronouns of address in discourse.
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Selected Papers of ISTAL 22, Dec 22, 2017
This paper deals with the empirical validation of evaluative operations in English compounds firs... more 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.
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Studies in Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 12-14 May 2016, 2017
This study deals with the empirical validation of the six linking patterns of evaluative and gram... more This study deals with the empirical validation of the six linking patterns of evaluative and grammatical/categorial heads in Modern Greek compounding, proposed in Charitonidis (2014). To accomplish this goal 30 online interviews with native Greek speakers were conducted, on six attitudinal compounds and their constituents. Attributes lists and positivity ratings on a five-point scale were obtained. The analysis validated four out of six head-linking patterns. In the corresponding compounds, the constituent with the highest number of negative attributes points unequivocally to the evaluative head.
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Studies in Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 9-10 May 2014., 2015
This paper deals with the semantic structure of the verbal prefixes apo-, ek(s)-, and kse- in Mod... more This paper deals with the semantic structure of the verbal prefixes apo-, ek(s)-, and kse- in Modern Greek, by considering their interface with pragmatics. 223 verbal creations are examined, elicited by means of language interviews with native Greek speakers. For the sake of comparison, 495 existing verbs are considered. The analysis relies on Lieber’s (2004) framework. The interpretations of the creations suggest that the prefixes have a negative socio-expressive (SE/pragmatic) content by default. This content is a function of the base and can be formalized as a set of semantic/pragmatic conditions of a probabilistic nature on specific arguments.
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Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 2015
This study deals with the morphology-pragmatics interface in Modern Greek compounding. The object... more This study deals with the morphology-pragmatics interface in Modern Greek compounding. The object of investigation are 64 compounds explicitly marked for stance. It is shown that the linking of denotational (semantic and/or categorial) and socio-expressive (pragmatic) heads defines the different classes of compounds in a highly restrictive manner. The threefold negative socio-expressive structure of the verbal derivatives in -(i)áz(o) shows up in the compounds as well. It is concluded that, in both verbal derivation and compounding, the morphology-pragmatics interface recruits specific denotational structures for its expression.
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Italian Journal of Linguistics (Rivista di Linguistica), 2014
This paper deals with a comparative analysis of Modern Greek and English compounding by using Ral... more This paper deals with a comparative analysis of Modern Greek and English compounding by using Ralli's (2007, 2013) and Bisetto & Scalise's (2009) classifications, respectively. The object of investigation are 64 Modern Greek and 132 English compounds marked for positive or negative stance. In the analysis a pragmatic level of meaning with special properties is deployed, i.e. the socio-expressive tier. It is shown that in both languages the linking of denotational (i.e. semantic and/or categorial) and socio-expressive heads yields three corresponding classes. The special linking patterns of Modern Greek can be ascribed to a tendency toward symmetry between the one-word and multi-word strategy and to language contact.
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Word Structure, 2014
This paper gives an outlook on how the coordination between phonology and semantics in verb deriv... more This paper gives an outlook on how the coordination between phonology and semantics in verb derivation may look, and which constraints the distinction between possible/established, possible/novel, and not possible/forced verbs can be mapped onto. The object of investigation are the colour -ízo verbs in Modern Greek. The analysis is mainly based on the studies by Berlin & Kay (1969), Kay & McDaniel (1978), and Kay & Maffi (1999) on basic colour terms. The colour verbs in Modern Greek are compared with the English colour verbs. It is shown that systematic gaps linked to the causative/inchoative paradigm of -ízo verbs are due to the semantics of the base rather than deficiencies in the base's morphophonological character. The lower the evolutional stage that a base can be fitted to, the more likely an -ízo derivative will be produced.
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Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2013
This paper deals with the semantic structure of the Greek verb prefixes apo-, ek(s)-, and kse-by ... more This paper deals with the semantic structure of the Greek verb prefixes apo-, ek(s)-, and kse-by focussing on their socio-expressive content. The patterns presented are the result of an empirical analysis of data extracted from language interviews conducted with 31 native Greek speakers in Athens, Greece in October 2010. Rochelle's Lieber's (2004, 2007) theoretical framework is used in the analysis. The results suggest that apo-and kse-are similar both denotationally and socio-expressively. ek(s)-shows up with an ambiguous structure. The interactional socio-expressive patterns make clear that no composition takes place between prefixes and bases but a discharging of the prefixal content onto a non-base argument. Positive socio-expressive clusters in the verbal roots promote the default negative content of the prefixes.
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Linguistische Berichte, 2012
This paper examines the semantic structure of the Greek verb derivatives in -(i)ázo. At the level... more This paper examines the semantic structure of the Greek verb derivatives in -(i)ázo. At the level of socio-expressive meaning -(i)ázo structures show a coordinative character which is much more different than the denotational structures assumed in the generative linguistic tradition for verb suffixes. To show this, an extra semantic representation is introduced, i.e. the 'socio-expressive tier'. This tier properly restricts the denotational operations so that a base can be selected by a particular suffix.
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Arbeitspapiere (Neue Folge). Universität zu Köln, Institut für Linguistik., Oct 12, 2011
The aim of this paper is to give the semantic profile of the Greek verb-deriving suffixes -íz(o),... more The aim of this paper is to give the semantic profile of the Greek verb-deriving suffixes -íz(o), -én(o), -év(o), -ón(o), -(i)áz(o), and -ín(o), with a special account of the ending -áo/-ó. The patterns presented are the result of an empirical analysis of data extracted from extended interviews conducted with 28 native Greek speakers in Athens, Greece in February 2009. In the first interview task the test persons were asked to force(=create) verbs by using the suffixes -ízo, -évo, -óno, -(i)ázo, and -íno and a variety of bases which conformed to the ontological distinctions made in Lieber (2004). In the second task the test persons were asked to evaluate three groups of forced verbs with a noun, an adjective, and an adverb, respectively, by using one (best/highly acceptable verb) to six (worst/unacceptable verb) points. In the third task nineteen established verb pairs with different suffixes and the ending -áo/-ó were presented. The test persons were asked to report whether there was some difference between them and what exactly this difference was. The differences reported were transformed into 16 alternations. In the fourth task 21 established verbs with different suffixes were presented. The test persons were asked to give the "opposite" or "near opposite" expression for each verb. The rationale behind this task was to arrive at the meaning of the suffixes through the semantics of the opposites. In the analysis Rochelle's Lieber's (2004) theoretical framework is used. The results of the analysis suggest (i) a sign-based treatment of affixes, (ii) a vertical preference structure in the semantic structure of the head suffixes which takes into account the semantic make-up of the bases, and (iii) the integration of socio- expressive meaning into verb structures.
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Linguistik Online, 2008
The aim of this paper is to provide a more accurate typological classification of Modern Greek. T... more 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.
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Linguistik Online, 2007
This paper deals with the semantic structures of the Event -ízo derivatives in Modern Greek, appe... more 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.
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Studies in Greek Linguistics. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 6-7 May 2006, 2007
In the area of the Modern Greek verb, phenomena which consistently appear are head-marking, many ... more In the area of the Modern Greek verb, phenomena which consistently appear are head-marking, many potential slots before and/or after the verb root, noun and ad- verb incorporation, addition of adverbial elements by means of affixes, a large in- ventory of bound morphemes, verbal words as minimal sentences, etc. These fea- tures 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. Ul- timately, a typological outlook for Modern Greek is proposed.
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Supplementary files: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370074176_DATA_The_role_of_hyponymy_and_context_concreteness_in_compound_word_processing
(Abstract in Greek)
Η παρούσα έρευνα βασίζεται σε ερωτηματολόγιο και μελετά τα σχήματα (συναισθηματικής) θετικότητας και διέγερσης των υποκοριστικών και μεγεθυντικών επιθέτων στα νέα ελληνικά. Αντικείμενο της έρευνας είναι οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι άσπρ(ο), μαύρ(ο), κόκκιν(ο), κίτριν(ο) και πράσιν(ο), σε συνδυασμό με τα υποκοριστικά επιθήματα -ούτσικ(ος), -ούλικ(ο)ς και -ωπ(ός), το υποκοριστικό πρόθημα ψιλο- και τα μεγεθυντικά προθήματα κατα- και υπερ-. Η μελέτη βασίζεται σε προηγούμενες εργασίες των Kuperman (2013) και Charitonidis (2017), στις οποίες η θετικότητα εμφανίζεται ως βασικός παράγοντας στο σχηματισμό συνθέτων. Τα αποτελέσματα υποδεικνύουν ότι η θετικότητα δεν παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στην παραγωγή επιθέτων. Οι αξιολογικές κεφαλές θετικότητας και διέγερσης είναι τυπικά οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι και όχι τα προσφύματα. Από την άλλη, τα επίπεδα διέγερσης των προσφυμάτων διαφοροποιούν έντονα τα υποκοριστικά και τα μεγεθυντικά.
Supplementary files: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370074176_DATA_The_role_of_hyponymy_and_context_concreteness_in_compound_word_processing
(Abstract in Greek)
Η παρούσα έρευνα βασίζεται σε ερωτηματολόγιο και μελετά τα σχήματα (συναισθηματικής) θετικότητας και διέγερσης των υποκοριστικών και μεγεθυντικών επιθέτων στα νέα ελληνικά. Αντικείμενο της έρευνας είναι οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι άσπρ(ο), μαύρ(ο), κόκκιν(ο), κίτριν(ο) και πράσιν(ο), σε συνδυασμό με τα υποκοριστικά επιθήματα -ούτσικ(ος), -ούλικ(ο)ς και -ωπ(ός), το υποκοριστικό πρόθημα ψιλο- και τα μεγεθυντικά προθήματα κατα- και υπερ-. Η μελέτη βασίζεται σε προηγούμενες εργασίες των Kuperman (2013) και Charitonidis (2017), στις οποίες η θετικότητα εμφανίζεται ως βασικός παράγοντας στο σχηματισμό συνθέτων. Τα αποτελέσματα υποδεικνύουν ότι η θετικότητα δεν παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στην παραγωγή επιθέτων. Οι αξιολογικές κεφαλές θετικότητας και διέγερσης είναι τυπικά οι πρωταρχικοί βασικοί χρωματικοί όροι και όχι τα προσφύματα. Από την άλλη, τα επίπεδα διέγερσης των προσφυμάτων διαφοροποιούν έντονα τα υποκοριστικά και τα μεγεθυντικά.