GRToBI CORPUS

 

• Download the annotated corpus (with Praat textgrids) - forthcoming; in the meantime, you can download the database from Amalia's GRToBI Kent site

 

• Download the entire corpus (not annotated) - forthcoming; in the meantime, you can download the database from Amalia's GRToBI Kent site

 

Please note:
(a) the most complete description of GRToBI currently available is Arvaniti & Baltazani (2005)
(b) if you want to know more about Greek prosody, please consult the brief bibliography we have compiled
 

Summary bibliography on Greek prosody

• Arvaniti, A. (1992) Secondary stress: evidence from Modern Greek. In G. J. Docherty & D. R. Ladd [editors], Papers in Laboratory Phonology II: Gesture, Segment, Prosody. Cambridge University Press, 398-423.

• Arvaniti, A. (1994) Acoustic features of Greek rhythmic structure. Journal of Phonetics 22: 239-268.

• Arvaniti, A. (1997) Greek "emphatic stress": a first approach. In Greek Linguistics 95: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Greek Linguistics, vol. I: 13-24. The Department of Linguistics, University of Salzburg.

• Arvaniti, A. (2000) The acoustics of stress in Modern Greek. Journal of Greek Linguistics 1: 9-39.

• Arvaniti, A. (2003). Peak scaling in Greek and the role of declination. Proceedings of XVth ICPhS, pp. 2269-2272. Barcelona, 4-9 August 2003.

• Arvaniti, A. (2007) Greek Phonetics: The State of the Art. Journal of Greek Linguistics 8: 97-208.

• Arvaniti, A. (2009) Greek intonation and the phonology of prosody: polar questions revisited. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, pp. 14-29. (available also at the conference site

• Arvaniti, A. & M. Baltazani (2005) Intonational analysis and prosodic annotation of Greek spoken corpora In Sun-Ah Jun [ed],Prosodic Typology: The Phonology of Intonation and Phrasing. Oxford University Press. 84-117.

• Arvaniti, A. & S. Godjevac (2003) The origins and scope of final lowering in English and Greek. Proceedings of XVth ICPhS, pp.1077-1080. Barcelona, 4-9 August 2003.

• Arvaniti, A. & D. R. Ladd (1995) Tonal alignment and the representation of accentual targets. In Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Stockholm, vol. 4: 220-223.

• Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd (2009) Greek wh-questions and the phonology of intonation. Phonology 26: 43-74.

• Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & I. Mennen (1998) Stability of tonal alignment: the case of Greek prenuclear accents. Journal of Phonetics 26: 3-25.

• Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & I. Mennen (2000) What is a starred tone? Evidence from Greek. In M. Broe & J. Pierrehumbert [editors], Papers in Laboratory Phonology V: Acquisition and the Lexicon. Cambridge University Press, 119-131.

• Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & I. Mennen (2006a) Phonetic effects of focus and “tonal crowding” in intonation: Evidence from Greek polar questions. Speech Communication 48: 667-696.

• Arvaniti, A., D. R. Ladd & I. Mennen (2006b) Tonal association and tonal alignment: evidence from Greek polar questions and contrastive statements. Language and Speech 49: 421-450.

• Arvaniti, A. & T. Pelekanou (2002) Postlexical rules and gestural overlap in a Greek spoken corpus. Recherches en linguistique grecque, vol. I: 71-74. Paris: L' Harmattan.

• Baltazani, M. (2002) Quantifier scope and the role of intonation in Greek. Ph.D. dissertation, UCLA.

• Baltazani, M. (2003) Broad Focus across sentence types in Greek . Proceedings of Eurospeech-2003, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Baltazani, M. (2004) The prosodic structure of quantificational sentences in Greek. Proceedings of the 38th meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society.

• Baltazani, M. (2006a) On /s/-voicing in Greek . Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, York, UK.

• Baltazani, M. (2006b) Focusing, prosodic phrasing and Hiatus resolution in Greek. In L. Goldstein, D. Whalen and C. Best (Eds.), Laboratory Phonology 8, pp. 473-494. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

• Baltazani, M. (2006c) Intonation and pragmatic interpretation of negation in Greek. Journal of Pragmatics, 38, Issue 10, p. 1658-1676, Elsevier.

• Baltazani, M. (2007a) 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. 31-43.

• Baltazani, M. (2007b) Intonation of polar questions and the location of nuclear stress in Greek. In C. Gussenhoven & T. Riad (Eds.), Tones and Tunes,Volume II, Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody, pp. 387-405. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

• Baltazani, M. & Jun S. (1999) Focus and topic intonation in Greek. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2: 1305-8. San Fransisco.

• Botinis, A. (1998) Intonation in Greek. In Hirst, D. & A. DiCristo (eds) Intonation Systems, 288-310. Cambridge University Press.

• Chorianopoulou, E. (2002) Evaluating Prosody Prediction in Synthesis With Respect to Modern Greek Prenuclear Accents.M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Edinburgh.

• Condoravdi, C. (1990) Sandhi Rules of Greek and Prosodic Theory. Phonology-Syntax Connection ed. by Sharon Inkelas & Draga Zec, 63-84. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Dauer, R. M. (1980) Stress and Rhythm in Modern Greek. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Edinburgh.

• Dauer, R. M. (1983) Stress-timing and Syllable-timing Reanalyzed. Journal of Phonetics 11.51-62.

• Fallon, P. (1994) Naturally occurring hiatus in Modern Greek. In I. Philippaki-Warburton, K. Nicolaidis and M. Sifianou (Eds.),Themes in Greek Linguistics, pp. 217-224. London: John Benjamins Publishing Co.

• Fourakis, M. (1986) An Acoustic Study of the Effects of Tempo and Stress on Segmental Intervals in Modern Greek . Phonetica 43:172-188.

• Fourakis, M., A. Botinis & M. Katsaiti (1999) Acoustic characteristics of Greek vowels . Phonetica 56:28-43.

• Georgiafentis, M. & A. Sfakianaki (2004) Syntax Interacts with Prosody: The VOS Order in Greek . Lingua 114:935-961.

• Grabe, E. & E. L. Low (2002) Acoustic Correlates of Rhythm Class . In C. Gussenhoven & N. Warner (eds.), Laboratory Phonology 7, 515-546. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

• Grice, M., D. R. Ladd & A. Arvaniti (2000) On the place of "phrase accents" in intonational phonology. Phonology 17:143-185.

• Kainada, E. (2007) Prosodic Boundary Effects on Durations and Vowel Hiatus in Modern Greek . In Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 1225-1228. Saarbrücken: Uneversität des Saarlandes.

• Kaisse, E. M. (1985) Connected Speech: The Interaction of Syntax and Phonology. Academic Press.

• Kastrinaki, A. (2003)The Temporal Correlates of Lexical and Phrasal Stress in Greek, Exploring Rhythmic Stress: Durational Patterns for the Case of Greek Words. M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Edinburgh.

• Katsika, A. (2007) Duration and Pitch Anchoring as Cues to Word Boundaries in Greek. In Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 929-932. Saarbrücken: Uneversität des Saarlandes.

• Ladd, D. R. (2008) Intonational Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Malikouti-Drachman, A. & G. Drachman (1981) Slogan Chanting and Speech Rhythm in Greek. In W. Dressler, O. E. Pfeiffer & J. R. Rennison (eds.)Phonologica 1980, 283-292. Innsbruck.

• Malikouti-Drachman, Angeliki & G. Drachman (1989) Τονισμός στα Ελληνικά [Stress in Greek]. Studies in Greek Linguistics9.127-143.

• Malikouti-Drachman, A. & G. Drachman (1992a) Greek Clitics and Lexical Phonology . In W. U. Dressler, H. C. Luschutzky, O. E. Pfeiffer & J. R. Rennison (eds.) Phonologica 1988, 197-206. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Malikouti-Drachman, A. & G. Drachman (1992b) Θεωρητικά Προβλήματα του Τονισμού των Κλιτικών στα Νέα Ελληνικά [Theoretical Problems of Clitic Accentuation in Modern Greek]. Studies in Greek Linguistics 12.83-104.

• Mennen, I. & E. Den Os (1994) On the Intonation of Several Modern Greek Sentences. In I. Philippaki-Warburton, K. Nicolaidis & M. Sifianou (eds.) Themes in Greek Linguistics, 233-239. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

• Mennen, I. (2004) Bi-directional Interference in the Intonation of Dutch Speakers of Greek . Journal of Phonetics 32.4:543-563.

• Micros, G. (1997) Radio News and Phonetic Variation in Modern Greek. In. Drachman, A. Malikouti-Drachman, J. Fykias & C. Klidi (eds.), Greek Linguistics ’95: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Greek Linguistics, 35-44. The Department of Linguistics, University of Salzburg.

• Nespor, M. (1986) Ο Αποδιαπλασιασμός στα Ελληνικά [Degemination in Greek]. Studies in Greek Linguistics 7.21-28.

• Nespor, M. (1987) Vowel Degemination and Fast Speech Rules. Phonology 4.61-85.

• Nespor, M. (1988) Ρυθμικά Χαρακτηριστικά της Ελληνικής [Rhythmic Features of Greek]. Studies in Greek Linguistics 9.165-183.

• Nespor, N. & I. Vogel (1986) Prosodic phonology. Dordrecht: Foris.

• Nespor, M. & I. Vogel (1989) On Clashes and Lapses. Phonology 6.69-116.

• Nespor, M. & I. Vogel (2007)Prosodic Phonology (2nd edition). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

• Pelekanou, T. (2000) Greek Sandhi Rules: Evidence from Naturally Occuring Data. MSc Thesis, University of Edinburgh.

• Revithiadou, A. (1999) Headmost Accent Wins: Head Dominance and Ideal Prosodic Form in Lexical Accent Systems. LOT Dissertation Series 15 (HIL/Leiden Universiteit). The Hague: Holland Academic Graphics.

• Theophanopoulou-Kontou, D. (1973) Fast Speech Rules and Some Phonological Processes of Modern Greek: A Preliminary Investigation. Yearbook of the School of Philosophy, University of Athens 1972-1973: 372-390.

• Tramboulis, T. (1997) Stress and Katathesis Within Spontaneous Oral Greek Narration. In A. Botinis, G. Kouroupetroglou & C. Carayannis (eds.) ESCA Workshop on Intonation: Theory, Models and Applications, 305-308.

• Tserdanelis, G. (2003) Phonetic Variation in Syntactically Ambiguous Sentences. Studies in Greek Linguistics 23.931-942.

• Tserdanelis, G. (2005) The Role of Segmental Sandhi in the Parsing of Speech: Evidence from Greek. Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University.

• Tsiartsioni E. (2003) The Acquisition of Features of Rhythm and Stop Voicing in Greek and English L2. M.Phil. in Applied Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin.

• Tsiartsioni E. (2011)The Acquisition of Speech Rhythm and Stop Voicing by Greek Learners of English: A Pedagogical and Linguistic Approach. Ph.D. dissertation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

• Waring, H. (1976) The intonation of Modern Greek. Ph.D. dissertation, University of London.