Angela Ralli

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Angela Ralli is a Greek linguist, morphologist and dialectologist. [1]

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Biography

Ralli received her BA, MA and PhD in linguistics from the Université de Montréal. [1] [2] [3] From 1985 to 1990 she worked on the Greek section of the Eurotra project. In 1990 she took up a post at the University of Athens, first as a lecturer and then (from 1994) as assistant professor. In 1997 she moved to the University of Patras as associate professor, becoming promoted to full professor in 2001. [4]

Ralli has held visiting positions at the University of Amsterdam (1996), Catania, L'Aquila and Turin (2003), the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (2008 and 2014), Princeton University (2012), UQAM (2017), and Saint Petersburg State University (2020). [4] [5] In 2013 she was elected as a member of the Academia Europaea. [4]

Research

Ralli is known for her work in morphological theory, and has worked extensively on morphological variation and change, including language contact. [1] [3] [4] She founded the Laboratory of Modern Greek Dialects in 2000, serving as its director until 2020. She also developed Greece's first electronic linguistic atlas, focusing on the dialect of Lesbos. [2] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Angela Ralli on the dynamics of the Greek language in Canada and the IMMIGREC research project". Greek News Agenda. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Angela Ralli: Biography". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Angela Ralli". Archimedes. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Angela Ralli". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Angela Ralli". University of Patras. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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