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Professor Ioanna Sitaridou

Research

My main areas of research are comparative and diachronic syntax of the Romance languages and also dialectal Greek, especially Pontic Greek and Cypriot Greek. The areas in which I carry out research are: the relationship between syntactic change and acquisition, language contact, micro-variation, and phylogenies.

Publications

Key publications: 

  1. Alboiu, G., Hill, V. & I. Sitaridou (to appear). ‘Discourse Driven V-to-C in Early Modern Romanian’. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.

  2. Michelioudakis, D. & I. Sitaridou. (to appear). ‘Recasting the multiple-wh typology: Evidence from Pontic Greek varieties’. Lingua.

  3. Sitaridou, I. (2014). ‘Modality, antiveridicality, and complementation: The Romeyka infinitive as a negative polarity item’. Lingua. 118-146.

  4. Sitaridou, I. (2014). ‘The Romeyka Infinitive: Continuity, Contact and Change in the Hellenic varieties of Pontus’. Diachronica. 31.1.  23-73.

  5. Sitaridou, I. & M. Kaltsa (2014). ‘Contrastivity in Pontic Greek’. Lingua. 1-27.

  6. Jaspal, R. & I. Sitaridou (2013). ‘Coping With Stigmatized Linguistic Identities: Identity and Ethnolinguistic Vitality Among Andalusians.’ Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 13:2. 95-119.

  7. Sitaridou, I. (2012). ‘A comparative study of word order in Old Romance’. Folia Linguistica, 46/2, “The pace of Grammaticalisation in Romance”, (guest eds.) A. Carlier, B. Lamiroy & W. De Mulder). 553-604.

  8. Sitaridou, I. (2011). ‘Word order and information structure in Old Spanish’. Catalan Journal of Linguistics, Special issue on ‘Word Order and Information Structure’, (eds.) M. Battlori & M.-L. Hernanz. 159-184.

  9. Sitaridou, Ioanna. (2009). ‘On the emergence of personal infinitives in the history of Spanish’. Diachronica 26:1. 36-64

  10. Sitaridou, Ioanna. (2007). ‘Infinitives with subjects in Greek and Southern Italian dialects: a Sprachbund effect’. In D. Bentley & A. Ledgeway (eds.), Sui dialetti italoromanzi. Saggi in onore di Nigel B. Vincent, The Italianist, Special Supplement. London: Maney. 221-242

Publications (from Symplectic)

Book chapters

2023 (Published online)

  • Dworkin, SN., Clavería Nadal, G. and Octavio de Toledo y Huerta, ÁS., 2023 (Published online). Lingüística histórica del español / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Historical Linguistics
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035565
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    2021

  • Sitaridou, I., 2021. (In)vulnerable inflected infinitives as complements to modals
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832584.003.0008
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2021. (In)vulnerable inflected infinitives as complements to modals: Evidence from Galician and Romeyka
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832584.003.0008
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    2020

  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2020. Greek to Mainland Greek and Turkish in Search of Syntactic Borrowings
  • Donabedian, A., 2020. 'Language contact in Anatolia'
  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2020. Towards a formal model of transfer under contact: Contrasting Asia Minor Greek to mainland Greek and Turkish in search of syntactic borrowings

    • 2019

  • Sitaridou, I., 2019. Against V2 in Old Spanish
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/la.254.06sit
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2019. Sitaridou, I. (2019). ‘Against V2 in Old Spanish’ In: Breitbarth, Anne, Miriam Bouzouita, Melissa Farasyn, Lieven Danckaert (Eds.), The Determinants of Diachronic Stability. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 131-156

    • 2018 (No publication date)

  • Sitaridou, I., 2018 (No publication date). La anteposición de participio en español antiguo debida a la estructura de la información del discurso

    • 2018

  • Bouzouita, M., Sitaridou, I. and Pato, E., 2018. Some introductory reflections
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.16.01bou
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  • Guardiano, C., Michelioudakis, D., Cordoni, G., Irimia, MA., Radkevich, N. and Sitaridou, I., 2018. Chapter 7. Parametric comparison and dialect variation
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.14.07gua
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    2017

  • Sitaridou, I., 2017. Object arguments
  • Sitaridou, I., 2017. Objects

    • 2014

  • Eide, K. and Sitaridou, I., 2014. Contrastivity and Information Structure in the Old Ibero-Romance languages

    • 2013

  • Sitaridou, I., 2013. Greek-Speaking Enclaves in Pontus Today: The Documentation and Revitalization of Romeyka

    • 2012 (No publication date)

  • Sitaridou, I., 2012 (No publication date). Documentation and Revitalisation of Romeyka

    • 2012

  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2012. Syntactic microvariation: Dative Constructions in Greek.

    • 2010

  • Mathieu, E. and Sitaridou, I., 2010. Split wh-Constructions in Classical and Modern Greek: A Diachronic Perspective
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272129.003.0014
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    2009

  • Sitaridou, I. and Terkourafi, M., 2009. On the Loss of the Masculine Genitive Plural in Cypriot Greek: language contact or internal evolution?

    • 2007

  • Sifaki, E. and Sitaridou, I., 2007. EPP Revisited: Evidence from Null Subject Languages

    • 2006

  • Sitaridou, I., 2006. The (dis)association of Tense, phi-features EPP and nominative Case
    Doi: 10.1075/la.86.12sit
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    2004

  • Sitaridou, I., 2004. A corpus-based study of null subjects in Old French and Occitan
    • Journal articles

    2023

  • Sitaridou, I., 2023. Obituary Journal of Greek Linguistics, v. 23
    Doi: 10.1163/15699846-02302007
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    2022

  • Giannakou, A. and Sitaridou, I., 2022. (In)felicitous use of subjects in Greek and Spanish in monolingual and contact settings Glossa, v. 7
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.16995/GLOSSA.5812
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  • Neocleous, N. and Sitaridou, I., 2022. Never just contact the rise of final auxiliaries in Asia Minor Greek Diachronica, v. 39
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.17048.neo
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    2021 (Published online)

  • Martin, T., Sitaridou, I. and Hinzen, W., 2021 (Published online). Correlations between Case and the D-system and the interpretability of Case Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, v. 10
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.7557/1.10.2.6252
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    2020

  • Sitaridou, I., 2020. Romeyka heritage in contemporary Turkey: socio-linguistic explorations of endangerment and preservation Heritage Turkey, v. 10
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.18866/biaa2020.10
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  • Batllori, M. and Sitaridou, I., 2020. Fronting in Old Spanish Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, v. 5
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.893
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  • Giannakou, A. and Sitaridou, I., 2020. Microparametric variation in the syntax of Spanish and Greek pronominal subjects Glossa, v. 5
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/GJGL.960
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    2019

  • Sitaridou, I. and Abbott, J., 2019. HOW CONTACT WITH GREEK EXACERBATED THE RISE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN BULGARIAN Studia Slavica,
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    2018

  • Schreiber, L. and Sitaridou, I., 2018. Assessing the sociolinguistic vitality of Istanbulite Romeyka: an attitudinal study Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v. 39
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2017.1301944
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    2016

  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2016. Recasting the multiple-wh typology: Evidence from Pontic Greek varieties Glossa, v. 1
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.72
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  • Guardiano, C., Michelioudakis, D., Ceolin, A., Irimia, M., Longobardi, G., Radkevich, N., Silvestri, G. and Sitaridou, I., 2016. South by Southeast. A syntactic approach to Greek and Romance microvariation L’Italia dialettale, v. LXXVII
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2016. Reframing the phylogeny of Asia Minor Greek: The view from Pontic Greek CHS Research Bulletin (Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University), v. 4
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  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2016. Recasting the typology of multiple wh-fronting: Evidence from Pontic Greek Glossa, v. 1
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.72
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    2015 (Published online)

  • Sitaridou, I., Whimpanny, H. and Ayres, L., 2015 (Published online). Variation and optionality in clitic climbing in Argentinean Spanish Isogloss. A journal on variation of Romance and Iberian languages, v. 1
    Doi: 10.5565/rev/isogloss.21
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    2014

  • Sitaridou, I., 2014. Modality, antiveridicality and complementation: The Romeyka infinitive as a negative polarity item Lingua, v. 148
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2014.05.017
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  • Alboiu, G., Hill, V. and Sitaridou, I., 2014. Discourse-driven V-to-C in Early Modern Romanian Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, v. 33
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-014-9270-8
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2014. Iberian medieval languages: spanish and portuguese areas MEDIUM AEVUM, v. 83
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2014. The Romeyka Infinitive: Continuity, Contact and Change in the Hellenic varieties of Pontus Diachronica: international journal for historical linguistics, v. 31
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.31.1.02sit
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  • Sitaridou, I. and Kaltsa, M., 2014. Contrastivity in Pontic Greek Lingua, v. 146
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2014.04.005
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    2013

  • Jaspal, R. and Sitaridou, I., 2013. Coping with Stigmatised Linguistic Identities: Identity Threat and Ethnolinguistic Vitality among Andalusians. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2012.747439
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    2012 (No publication date)

  • Sitaridou, I., 2012 (No publication date). The Romeyka infinitive as a negative polarity item Lingua,
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  • Sitaridou, I. and Kaltsa, M., 2012 (No publication date). Information Structure in Pontic Greek Lingua,
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    2012

  • Sitaridou, I., 2012. A comparative study of word order in Old Romance Folia Linguistica,
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/flin.2012.019
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    2011

  • Sitaridou, I., 2011. Word order and information structure in Old Spanish Catalan Journal of Linguistics, v. 10
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.5565/rev/catjl.36
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    2009

  • Sitaridou, I., 2009. On the emergence of personal infinitives in the history of Spanish Diachronica, v. 26
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/dia.26.1.02sit
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  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2009. The ethic dative in Greek and Romance. Studies in Greek Linguistics, v. 29
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    2007

  • Sitaridou, I., 2007. Infinitives with subjects in Greek and Southern Italian dialects: a Sprachbund (Sui dialetti italoromanzi. Saggi in onore di Nigel B) Italianist, v. 27
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    Theses / dissertations

    2019

  • Campeny, API., 2019. Word Order in Old Catalan
    • Conference proceedings

    2018

  • Guardiano, C., Michelioudakis, D., Cordoni, G., Irimia, MA., Radkevich, N. and Sitaridou, I., 2018. Parametric comparison and dialect variation Insights from southern Italy
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.14.07gua
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    2013 (No publication date)

  • Sitaridou, I. and Michelioudakis, D., 2013 (No publication date). Multiple wh-fronting across Pontic Greek dialects

    • 2011 (No publication date)

  • Kaltsa, M. and Sitaridou, I., 2011 (No publication date). ‘Topicalisation in Pontic Greek On-line Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory (MGDLT4),
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  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2011 (No publication date). Syntactic microvariation in Pontic Greek: Dative constructions On-line Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory (MGDLT4),
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    2009

  • Michelioudakis, D. and Sitaridou, I., 2009. The ethic dative in Greek and Romance

    • 2007

  • Sitaridou, I., 2007. Romance infinitives with subjects, subjunctive obviation and Control Theory COREFERENCE, MODALITY, AND FOCUS: STUDIES ON THE SYNTAX-SEMANTICS INTERFACE, v. 111
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    2001

  • Sitaridou, I., 2001. Inflected and Personal infinitives in Romance languages from a diachronic perspective Proceedings of the 6th Doctorate Meeting in Linguistics at the University Paris 7,
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  • Sitaridou, I., 2001. The History of Inflected and Personal infinitives in Romance languages Proceedings of the 10th Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics,
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    2000

  • Sitaridou, I., 2000. Lexical subjects in Portuguese and Spanish infinitival clauses Proceedings of the 9th Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics,
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    Books

    2002

  • Haidou, K. and Sitaridou, I., 2002. ‘The Licensing of Subjects in Greek Gerunds’, SOAS Working Papers
    • Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics
    Co-Director for the Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies
    Fellow, Director of Studies in Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics (1B, YA) and Tutor, Queens' College
    Departments and institutes: 
    Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics
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