Study area |
Statistics | Men | Women | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vrisa | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Vatusa | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Vatera | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Vasilika | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Varia | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Vafios | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Trigonas | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Thermi | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Stipsi | 75% - 100% | 10 | 10 | |
| Skutaros | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Skopelos | 25% - 49% | 10 | 10 | |
| Skalochori | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Skala Sikamias | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Skala Lutron | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Sikunta | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Sikunta | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Sikamia | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Sigri | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Pterunta | 75% - 100% | 3 | 3 | |
| Polichnitos | 25% - 49% | 10 | 10 | |
| Plomari | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Pligoni | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Plakados | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Plagia | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Pigi | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Petri | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Petra | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Perama | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Pelopi | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Parakila | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Papados | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Panagiuda | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Pamfila | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Paleokipos | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Paleochori | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Neochori | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Nees Kidonies | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Napi | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Moria | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Molivos | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Mistegna | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Michu | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Mesotopos | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Mesagros | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Megalochori | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Mantamados | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Lutra | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Lisvori | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Lepetimnos | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Lampu Mili | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Lafiona | 75% - 100% | 3 | 3 | |
| Kunturudia | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Komi | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Klio | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Keramia | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Kerami | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Kato Tritos | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Kapi | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Kaloni | 25% - 49% | 10 | 10 | |
| Kagiani | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Ipsilometopo | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Ipios | 00% - 24% | 10 | 10 | |
| Filia | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Eresos | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Drota | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Dafia | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Chidira | 75% - 100% | 3 | 3 | |
| Asomatos | 00% - 24% | 3 | 3 | |
| Arisvi | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Argenos | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Antisa | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Anemotia | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Ampeliko | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Alifada | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 | |
| Akrasi | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Agra | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Agiasos | 50% - 74% | 10 | 10 | |
| Agia Paraskevi | 75% - 100% | 10 | 10 | |
| Agia Marina | 50% - 74% | 3 | 3 | |
| Afalonas | 25% - 49% | 3 | 3 |
Dialectal phenomena and words
Morphology
- Definite article ʝi
- Absence of definite article
- Derivational noun suffixes
- Diminution
- Prefixoid plaku-
- Eteroclisis of nouns
- Imperative in the imperfective aspect
- Imperative in the perfective aspect
- ΙC2 verbs
- Past Tense in -k-
- Verbal ending -asi
- Verbal endings with /u/
- Αugment i-
- -i- in the plural endings of the present tense
- Imperfect tense
- Pronouns
Phonology
Morphosyntax
Vocabulary
- Phrases
- Verbs
- Nouns
- Discourse markers
- Adverbs
- ksóras ‘late’
- rast ‘well’
- ʝámʝasi ‘messy’
- dárdaɣaɲ ‘messy’
- amónti ‘in vain’
- taxtér ‘early in the morning’
- sáncim ‘supposedly, ostensibly, as if’
- éʝtuti ‘in the past, then’
- éʝtsi ‘there’
- éʝtsi ‘in this way’
- sáðuna ‘(toward) here’
- sáðʝu ‘(toward) here’
- sáfna ‘(toward) there’
- sáftu ‘there’
- sací ‘there’
- óspiti ‘until’
- pátsi ‘maybe’
- éðafna ‘there’
- éðaftu ‘there’
- éðʝits‘like that’
- ótliʝa ‘no matter, in any way’
- tótisu ‘then’
- mo ‘only’
- pʎa ‘anymore’
- pʎo ‘anymore’
Study areas
- Afalonas
- Agia Marina
- Agia Paraskevi
- Agiasos
- Agra
- Akrasi
- Alifada
- Ampeliko
- Anemotia
- Antisa
- Argenos
- Arisvi
- Asomatos
- Chidira
- Dafia
- Drota
- Eresos
- Filia
- Ipios
- Ipsilometopo
- Kagiani
- Kaloni
- Kapi
- Kato Tritos
- Kerami
- Keramia
- Klio
- Komi
- Kunturudia
- Lafiona
- Lampu Mili
- Lepetimnos
- Lisvori
- Lutra
- Mantamados
- Megalochori
- Mesagros
- Mesotopos
- Michu
- Mistegna
- Molivos
- Moria
- Napi
- Nees Kidonies
- Neochori
- Paleochori
- Paleokipos
- Pamfila
- Panagiuda
- Papados
- Parakila
- Pelopi
- Perama
- Petra
- Petri
- Pigi
- Plagia
- Plakados
- Pligoni
- Plomari
- Polichnitos
- Pterunta
- Sigri
- Sikamia
- Sikunta
- Skala Lutron
- Skala Sikamias
- Skalochori
- Skopelos
- Skutaros
- Stipsi
- Thermi
- Trigonas
- Vafios
- Varia
- Vasilika
- Vatera
- Vatusa
- Vrisa
General description
The Electronic Linguistic Atlas of Lesbos (EDAL) is the first electronic atlas οf a Modern Greek dialect. Its development has been carried out under the direction of Professor Angela Ralli, within the framework of the research program ‘Documentating, studying and mapping the dialect of Lesbos’, funded by the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy , during the period 2010-2015. Substantial part of the research and the digitization were conducted at the Laboratory of Modern Greek Dialects of the University of Patras, by the following research team:
Research team:
Professor of Linguistics, Director
Researchers:
Vasileia Alexeli
Fieldwork in Northern and Eastern Lesbos - digitization
Raphail Chondronikolas
Fieldwork in Western Lesbos - digitization
Dorothea Tsongari
Fieldwork in South-eastern Lesbos
Angelos Zaloumis
Fieldwork in Southern Lesbos (Plomari area)
Dimitra Koutaleli
Fieldwork in Southern Lesbos
Charalampos Tsimpouris
Design of the electronic atlas with the use of Drupal 7
Christos Papanagiotou
Processing of the dialectal material
Τhe research was continued and the data were enriched through the Ph.D. dissertation Mapping the linguistic variety of Lesbos by Vasileia Alexelli, at the Department of Philology of the University of Patras, under the supervision of Professor Angela Ralli. The research work was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) under the HFRI PhD Fellowship grant (Fellowship Number: 16). The technical support of the electronic platform is provided by Giannis Georgiadis (system administrator).
