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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an unprecedented collection of data from Asia Minor Greek, namely from Cappadocian, Pharasiot, Silliot, Smyrniot, Aivaliot, Bithynian, Pontic, Propontis Tsakonian and the dialect of Adrianoupolis. It offers fresh and original reflections on the study of morphology, dialectology and language contact by examining issues regarding inflection, derivation and compounding, dealt with by Metin Bağrıaçık, Marianna Gkiouleka, Aslı Göksel, Mark Janse, Brian D. Joseph, Petros Karatsareas, Nikos Koutsoukos, Io Manolessou, Theodore Markopoulos, Dimitra Melissaropoulou, Nikos Pantelidis and Angela Ralli. An in-depth investigation of phenomena aims to increase our understanding of language change. They result either from a natural evolution of Asia Minor Greek, or from the interaction between the fusional Greek and the agglutinative Turkish or the semi-analytical Romance.
Table of ContentsForeword Brian D. Joseph Abbreviations List of Maps and Figure Introduction: Selected Topics of the Morphology of Asia Minor Greek: an Introduction Angela Ralli 1 The Historical Background of the Asia Minor Dialects Io Manolessou 2 Agglutinative Noun Inflection in Cappadocian Mark Janse 3 Two Turkish Suffixes in Pharasiot Constraints Against Phrasal Bases Metin Bağrıaçık, Aslı Göksel and Angela Ralli 4 The Morphology of Silliot Paradigmatic Defectiveness, Paradigmatic Levelling and Affix Pleonasm Petros Karatsareas 5 Adverbial Constructions in a Dialectal Context: a Case Study From Pontic Marianna Gkiouleka 6 The Smyrna Dialect Loanword Adaptation in a Multilingual Setting Theodore Markopoulos 7 Affixoids and Verb Borrowing in Aivaliot Morphology Angela Ralli 8 Subtractive Imperative Forms in Bithynian Greek Nikos Koutsoukos and Nikolaos Pantelidis 9 Morphological Innovations in Propontis Tsakonian Dimitra Melissaropoulou 10 The Greek of Ottoman-era Adrianoupolis Brian D. Joseph Index
