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Funded projects

  • 03/2024 – 03/2027. CI

        Mapping Prosodic Convergence in the Eastern Mediterranean. Funding body: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK. 

Conference, workshop, and exhibition organisation

Publications

To appear/in press​

  • Baltazani, M. Intonation. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M. Syntax-Phonology interface. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M. Topic. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

 

2024

  • Baltazani, M. 2024. Intonational Phrase. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M. 2024. Pitch. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M. 2024. Prosodic Word. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M. 2024. Sandhi. In Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics (EGLL). Giannakis, G.K., V. Bubenik, E. Crespo, C. Golston, A. Lianeri, S. Luraghi & S. Matthaios (eds.). Brill, Leiden & Boston.

  • Baltazani, M., J. Coleman, E. Passoni & J. Przedlacka. 2024. Echoes of past contact: Venetian influence on Cretan Greek intonation (accepted manuscript). Language and Speech, 67(2), 528-560. doi:10.1177/00238309221091939.

  • Baltazani, M., Armostis, S., Payne, E. 2024. The intonation of polar questions in Cypriot Arabic: prosodic contact in an endangered language. Proc. Speech Prosody 2024, 502-506, doi: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-102.

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2016

2015

  • Baltazani, M., E. Kainada, A. Lengeris and K. Nicolaidis. 2015. The prenuclear field matters: questions and statements in Standard Modern Greek. (manuscript) In Maria Wolters, Judy Livingstone, Bernie Beattie, Rachel Smith, Mike MacMahon, Jane Stuart-Smith, James M. Scobbie (eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2015, Glasgow, UK, August 10-14, 2015. University of Glasgow 2015, ISBN 978-0-85261-941-4.

  • Lengeris, A., E. Kainada, M. Baltazani and P. Iverson. 2015. Dialectal effects on the perception of Greek vowels. (manuscript) In Maria Wolters, Judy Livingstone, Bernie Beattie, Rachel Smith, Mike MacMahon, Jane Stuart-Smith, James M. Scobbie (eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2015, Glasgow, UK, August 10-14, 2015. University of Glasgow 2015, ISBN 978-0-85261-941-4.

  • Baltazani, M. and E. Kainada. 2015. Drifting without an anchor; how pitch accents withstand vowel loss. (manuscript) Language and Speech, 58(1), 84–115.

 

2014

  • Arvaniti, A., M. Baltazani and S. Gryllia. 2014. The pragmatic interpretation of intonation in Greek wh-questions. (manuscript) In Campbell, Gibbon, and Hirst (eds.). Social and Linguistic Speech Prosody, Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 1144–1148.

  • Nicolaidis, K. and M. Baltazani. 2014. An investigation of acoustic and articulatory variability during rhotic production in Greek. In Kotzoglou, G., K. Nikolou, E. Karantzola, K. Frantzi, I. Galantomos, M. Georgalidou, V. Kourti-Kazoulis, Ch. Papadopoulou & E. Vlachou (eds.), Selected papers, 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Rhodes, Greece, 1192–1207.

  • Kainada, E. and M. Baltazani. 2014. The vocalic system of the dialect of Ipiros. In Kotzoglou, G., K. Nikolou, E. Karantzola, K. Frantzi, I. Galantomos, M. Georgalidou, V. Kourti-Kazoulis, Ch. Papadopoulou & E. Vlachou (eds.), Selected papers, 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Rhodes, Greece, 591–602.

  • Baltazani, M, E. Kainada, K. Nikolaidis, A. Sfakianaki, A. Lengeris, E. Tsiartsioni, D. Papazachariou, M. Giakoumelou. 2014. Cross dialectal vowel spaces in Greek. 14th Laboratory Phonology Conference, Tokyo (poster presentation).

 

2013

  • Baltazani, M. and N. Topintzi. 2013. On some phonetic and phonological properties of the Greek glide. In Z. Gavriilidou, A. Efthymiou, E. Thomadaki and P. Kambakis-Vougiouklis (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Greek Linguistics: 153–166.

  • Baltazani, M. and K. Nicolaidis. 2013. Production of the Greek rhotic in initial and intervocalic position: an acoustic and electropalatographic study In Z. Gavriilidou, A. Efthymiou, E. Thomadaki and P. Kambakis-Vougiouklis (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Greek Linguistics:141–152.

  • Kainada E. and M. Baltazani. 2013. Evaluating methods for eliciting dialectal speech. In M. Janse, B. D. Joseph, A. Ralli and M. Bagriacik (eds.), Online Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory, Patras, 101–123. [link for the Proceedings]

  • Baltazani, M. and K. Nicolaidis. 2013. The many faces of r. In Rhotics. New data and perspectives. L. Spreafico and A. Vietti (eds.), Bozen: BU Press.

  • Topintzi, N. and M. Baltazani. 2013. Where the glide meets the palatals. In Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics: Selected Papers from the 20th ISTAL , 177–196. London: Versita de Gruyter.

  • Baltazani, M., I. Fudos, E. Kainada, I. Kappa, A. Lengeris, M. Mattheoudakis, G. Mikros, K. Nicolaidis, D. Papazachariou, A. Revythiadou, N. Topintzi, M. Tzakosta. 2013. Vocalect: A Thalis project for the analysis of dialectal vocalic systems. Poster presented in the 11th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Rhodes, Greece.

  • Kainada E., and M. Baltazani. 2013. Segmental anchoring and coping with vowel loss. In Old World Conference in Phonology 10, Istanbul, 16-19 January 2013.

  • Nicolaidis, K. and M. Baltazani. 2013. The Greek [r] in rC sequences: an acoustic and electropalatographic study. In Selected Papers of the 20th International Symposium of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 157–176. London: Versita de Gruyter.

 

2012

  • Alexopoulou, T. and M. Baltazani. 2012. Focus in Greek wh-questions. In Information Structure: Contrasts and Positions, A. Neeleman and I. Kucerova (eds.), 206–246, CUP.

  • Topintzi, N. and M. Baltazani. 2012. The acoustics of high-vowel loss in a Northern Greek dialect and typological implications. In Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity, P. Hoole, L. Bombien, M. Pouplier, Ch. Mooshammer, and B. Kühnert (eds.), Interface Explorations series, de Gruyter, 373–402.

 

2011

  • Topintzi, N. and M. Baltazani. 2011. The glide's big fat Greek wedding... to the palatals. In 8th Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP8), Marrakech, Morocco, 19-21 January 2011.

  • Xydopoulos, G., M. Baltazani, T. Tsangalidis and G. Giannakis (eds.) 12 Κείμενα για τη Γλωσσολογία (12 Papers on Linguistics). Selected Papers from the Annual Linguistics Conference at the University of Ioannina, Greece, 2004-2008. Published by Kondyli, Athens, Greece.

  • Nicolaidis, K. and M. Baltazani. 2011. An electropalatographic and acoustic study of the Greek rhotic in Cr clusters. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, W.S. Lee & E. Zee (eds.), City University of Hong-Kong, 1474–1478.

  • Gryllia, S., A. Arvaniti, M. Baltazani, E. Adamou, M. Terkourafi, N. Vergis, and S. Tsiplakou. 2011. Identification and social evaluation of dialectal Greek intonation. Presentation in the 11th International conference on Greek Linguistics.

  • S. Gryllia, A. Arvaniti, M. Baltazani, E. Adamou, M. Terkourafi, N. Vergis, S. Tsiplakou. 2011. On the perception of varieties of Greek: Results from an identification and a rating experiment. Presentation in the 6th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe, 29 June – 1 July 2011, Freiburg.

 

2010

 

2009

  • Baltazani, M. 2009. Acoustic characterization of the Greek r in clusters. In Selected Papers on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the 18th International Symposium on Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Volume 1, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Salonica.

  • Baltazani, M. 2009. Cross-dialectal phonetic variability of [r] in Greek. Poster presented in the 5th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 5), at the University of Copenhagen, June 2009.

  • Baltazani, M., G. Giannakis, T. Tsangalidis and G. Xydopoulos (Eds.). 2009. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Greek Linguistics (electronic). Editors for the Selected Proceedings from the 8th International Conference of Greek Linguistics held at the University of Ioannina, Greece, 2007. 

 

2008

  • Baltazani, M. and G. Efthymiou. 2008. The realization of /t/ in the dialect of Epirus . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greek Linguistics , CD-ROM, 30–40. With G. Efthymiou. [Available online]

 

2007

  • 'Baltazani, M. 2007. Intonation of polar questions and the location of nuclear stress in Greek. Chapter in Tones and Tunes,Volume II: Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody, Carlos Gussenhoven & Tomas Riad (eds.), Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, p. 387–405.

  • Baltazani, M. 2007. Prosodic rhythm and the status of vowel reduction in Greek. In Selected Papers on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the 17th International Symposium on Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Volume 1, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Salonica, p. 343.

  • Baltazani, M. 2007. Prosodic boundaries and syllable duration. Presented at OCP 4, 2007, Rhodes. [ppt presentation]

  • Baltazani, M. 2007. Eisagogi sti Fonitiki  [Introduction to Phonetics]. Translation into Greek and adaptation of the textbook A Course in Phonetics, by Peter Ladefoged. Published by Patakis, Athens.

 

2006

 

2005 

 

2003

  • Baltazani, M. 2003. Broad Focus across sentence types in Greek8th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Eurospeech 2003), 89-92, doi: 10.21437/Eurospeech.2003-58.

  • Baltazani, M. 2003. Pragmatics, intonation and word order in Greek. Prosodic Interfaces workshop, Nantes, France.

  • Baltazani, M. 2003. Effects of prosodic phrasing on Hiatus across words in Greek. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Salonica, p. 239–248.

 

2002

  • Baltazani, M. (2002). Quantifier scope and the role of intonation in Greek. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Baltazani, M. 2002. The prosodic structure of quantificational sentences in Greek. Proceedings of the 38th meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, Andronis, M., E. Debenport, A. Pycha and K. Yoshimura (eds.), 63–78.

 

2000

  • Arvaniti, A. and M. Baltazani. 2000. Greek ToBI: A System For The Annotation Of Greek Speech Corpora. In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC2000), vol 2: 555–562.

 

1999

  • Baltazani, M. and S.A. Jun. 1999. Topic and focus intonation in Greek. In John J. Ohala, Yoko Hasegawa, Manjari Ohala, Daniel Granville, and Ashlee C. Bailey (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, vol. 2: 1305–1308. ISBN 1-56396-898-3

1998

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