Irene Theodoropoulou
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Research areas
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse Analysis
- Rhetoric
- Translation
My thesis
Constructing Social Identity Through Style: A Comparative Sociolinguistic Study Between Kifisia and Peristeri
My thesis seeks to investigate the relationship between social identity (and mainly social class) and speech style, namely how the former is constructed through the latter, on the basis of a comparative study involving people from two areas in Athens, Kifisia (a traditional middle and upper-middle class suburb) and Peristeri (a traditional working class area).
My thesis seeks to investigate the relationship between social identity (and mainly social class) and speech style, namely how the former is constructed through the latter, on the basis of a comparative study involving people from two areas in Athens, Kifisia (a traditional middle and upper-middle class suburb) and Peristeri (a traditional working class area).
Academic background and work experience
Academic background
Work experience
- MPhil. in English & Applied Linguistics – RCEAL, University of Cambridge (July 2006)
- BA (Summa cum Laude) in Greek Philology (Major: Linguistics) – University of Athens (June 2005)
- Attendance of the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute 2005 (Harvard/MIT) and 2007 (Stanford)
- One-year studies at the University of Vienna (General, Applied & Historical/Comparative Linguistics) (2002/2003)
Work experience
- Instructor of Rhetoric (debate, impromptu speaking, oratory, group discussion, duet acting, oral interpretation of literature) in Arsakeio School (Athens, 2003-2005)
- Co-organizer of the Panhellenic School Rhetorical Games held at Arsakeio and Tositseio schools (2002-2005)
- Research associate in a Latin-Greek Dictionary Project (University of Athens, 2003-2005)
- Member of a research team investigating and trying to codify Bima language (Nggahi Mbojo), which belongs to the Austronesian languages and is spoken in East Samoa Islands in Indonesia (Cambridge, MA, June-August 2005)
- Member of a research team investigating the pronunciation of –r- in the greater Boston, MA area (Cambridge, MA, June-August 2005)
Publications
Theodoropoulou, I. (in press)
'Translation and Idiolectal Variation'
Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Greek Translatologist Society.
Thessaloniki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Theodoropoulou, I. & C. Chang & E. Dugarova & E. Vilar Beltrán & E. Wilford (eds.) (2007)
CamLing 2006: Proceedings of the Fourth University of Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Language Research Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute of Language Research.
Theodoropoulou, I. (2006)
'Die Zukunft der europäischen Kultur aus einer griechischen Perspektive' (The future of European culture from a Greek perspective)
Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Netzwerk Magazin
Hamburg: Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Verlag.
'Translation and Idiolectal Variation'
Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Greek Translatologist Society.
Thessaloniki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Theodoropoulou, I. & C. Chang & E. Dugarova & E. Vilar Beltrán & E. Wilford (eds.) (2007)
CamLing 2006: Proceedings of the Fourth University of Cambridge Postgraduate Conference in Language Research Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute of Language Research.
Theodoropoulou, I. (2006)
'Die Zukunft der europäischen Kultur aus einer griechischen Perspektive' (The future of European culture from a Greek perspective)
Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Netzwerk Magazin
Hamburg: Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Verlag.
Conference presentations
'Where IS and VS meet: The case of speech style.'
8th International Conference on Greek Linguistics. University of Ioannina, 30 August - 2 September 2007.
'Discourse Markers vs. Interjections: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Approach.'
1st Bloomsbury Student Conference in Applied Linguistics. Birkbeck College, London, 27th of April 2007.
'Speech Style as Persuasion Mechanism.'
11th International Conference on Dialogue Analysis and Rhetoric. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 26-30 March 2007.
'The Use of Interjections in Comics'.
Invited Poster presentation at the Georgetown University Round Table 2007 “Little Words: Their History, Phonology, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Acquisition. Washington, DC, 8-11 March 2007.
'Stylizing Identities: Evidence from Modern Greek'.
The Modern Greek Studies Seminar, BMGS Department, King’s College London. London, 2 March 2007.
'How to Translate Idiolectal Variation: A Case Study on James Bond Data.'
Invited paper to be presented at the Workshop Research Translation Studies: Greek Perspectives. London, 14 February 2007.
'On the Interaction Between Questionhood and Politeness: Evidence From Intonation.'
Poster presented in absentia at the 2007 International Conference on Linguistics in Korea. Seoul, 19-20 January 2007. www.linguistics.or.kr/ICLK-2007/
'What Do We Mean by “Style”?'
Research Workshop in Language and Literacy. King’s College London, 14 November 2006.
'Μετάφραση και Ιδιολεκτική Ποικιλότητα' (Translation & Idiolectal Variability).
First Meeting of Young Translatologist Association, University of Thessaloniki, 1-3 November 2006.
'Translating English Idioms into Greek Subtitles. The Functional Variation Model Proposal'.
The Colloque international des Etudiants chercheurs er Didactique des Langues et en Linguistique. Grenoble, 4-7 July 2006 http://cedill.free.fr/programme.php.
'A comparative study between Standard British English and Standard Greek question intonation: barriers of politeness'.
LangUE 2006 (First Linguistics Postgraduate Conference), held at the University of Essex, 30th of June 2006 http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/pgr/LangUE/home.shtm
'Το Επιφώνημα και ο Ρόλος του στα Κόμικς' (The interjection and its role in comics).
9th Meeting of the German Association for Modern Greek Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neogräzistik). Berlin, 16 & 17 June 2006. http://web.fu-berlin.de/byzneogr/neograec/ag/veranstaltung/9tagung.htm
8th International Conference on Greek Linguistics. University of Ioannina, 30 August - 2 September 2007.
'Discourse Markers vs. Interjections: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Approach.'
1st Bloomsbury Student Conference in Applied Linguistics. Birkbeck College, London, 27th of April 2007.
'Speech Style as Persuasion Mechanism.'
11th International Conference on Dialogue Analysis and Rhetoric. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 26-30 March 2007.
'The Use of Interjections in Comics'.
Invited Poster presentation at the Georgetown University Round Table 2007 “Little Words: Their History, Phonology, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Acquisition. Washington, DC, 8-11 March 2007.
'Stylizing Identities: Evidence from Modern Greek'.
The Modern Greek Studies Seminar, BMGS Department, King’s College London. London, 2 March 2007.
'How to Translate Idiolectal Variation: A Case Study on James Bond Data.'
Invited paper to be presented at the Workshop Research Translation Studies: Greek Perspectives. London, 14 February 2007.
'On the Interaction Between Questionhood and Politeness: Evidence From Intonation.'
Poster presented in absentia at the 2007 International Conference on Linguistics in Korea. Seoul, 19-20 January 2007. www.linguistics.or.kr/ICLK-2007/
'What Do We Mean by “Style”?'
Research Workshop in Language and Literacy. King’s College London, 14 November 2006.
'Μετάφραση και Ιδιολεκτική Ποικιλότητα' (Translation & Idiolectal Variability).
First Meeting of Young Translatologist Association, University of Thessaloniki, 1-3 November 2006.
'Translating English Idioms into Greek Subtitles. The Functional Variation Model Proposal'.
The Colloque international des Etudiants chercheurs er Didactique des Langues et en Linguistique. Grenoble, 4-7 July 2006 http://cedill.free.fr/programme.php.
'A comparative study between Standard British English and Standard Greek question intonation: barriers of politeness'.
LangUE 2006 (First Linguistics Postgraduate Conference), held at the University of Essex, 30th of June 2006 http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/pgr/LangUE/home.shtm
'Το Επιφώνημα και ο Ρόλος του στα Κόμικς' (The interjection and its role in comics).
9th Meeting of the German Association for Modern Greek Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neogräzistik). Berlin, 16 & 17 June 2006. http://web.fu-berlin.de/byzneogr/neograec/ag/veranstaltung/9tagung.htm