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Leivada, Evelina; Kambanaros, Maria; Taxitari, Loukia; Grohmann, Kleanthes K. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
The present study examines whether bilectal Greek Cypriot educators are able to identify dialectal (Cypriot Greek) elements superimposed on the standard language (Standard Modern Greek) in a written variety-judgment task. By doing so, (meta)linguistic skills of bilectal teachers from Cyprus were put to the test and later compared to the results of…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Greek, Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage
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Yiakoumetti, Androula – Applied Linguistics, 2006
This study addresses bidialectism by investigating the linguistic situation on the bidialectal island of Cyprus where Standard Modern Greek (SMG) and the regional Cypriot dialect (CD) are both routinely used. The study implemented a language programme that embraced both sociolinguistic and educational factors and was designed to teach SMG by using…
Descriptors: Syntax, Phonology, Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage