Research

If you want to find out more about the language of Greek Cypriots in London and other diaspora context you can check the following academic publications.

Multilingual Capital: The Languages of London’s Schoolchildren and their Relevance to Economic, Social and Educational Policies.

Baker, Paul and John Eversley. 2000. Multilingual Capital: The Languages of London’s Schoolchildren and their Relevance to Economic, Social and Educational Policies. London: Battlebridge.

Greek Outside Greece. 7, Language Use by Greek-Cypriots in Britain.

Christodoulou-Pipis, Irina. 1991. Greek Outside Greece. 7, Language Use by Greek-Cypriots in Britain. Nicosia: Diaspora Books.

Variation within a Greek-Cypriot community of practice in London: code-switching, gender, and identity.

Finnis, Katerina. 2014. Variation within a Greek-Cypriot community of practice in London: code-switching, gender, and identity. Language in Society 43, 287–310.

Creating a ‘new space’: code-switching among British-born Greek-Cypriots in London.

Finnis, Katerina. 2013. Creating a ‘new space’: code-switching among British-born Greek-Cypriots in London. Pragmatics and Society 4, 137–157. 

The sociolinguistics of the Greek-Cypriot community of London.

Gardner-Chloros, Penelope. 1992. The sociolinguistics of the Greek-Cypriot community of London. In Marilena Karyolemou (ed.), Plurilinguismes 4: Sociolinguistique du grec et de la Grèce, 112–136. Paris: Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Planification Linguistique.

How code-switching mediates politeness: gender related speech among London Greek-Cypriots.

Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and Katerina Finnis. 2003. How code-switching mediates politeness: gender related speech among London Greek-Cypriots. Estudios de sociolingüística: Linguas, sociedades e culturas 4, 505–532.

Language attitudes and use in a transplanted setting: Greek Cypriots in London.

Gardner-Chloros, Penelope, Lisa McEntee-Atalianis and Katerina Finnis. 2005. Language attitudes and use in a transplanted setting: Greek Cypriots in London. International Journal of Multilingualism 2, 52–80. 

English in London: Opportunity or threat? English and Cypriot Greek in the Greek Cypriot community of North London.

Hadjidemetriou, Chryso. 2015. English in London: Opportunity or threat? English and Cypriot Greek in the Greek Cypriot community of North London. In Andrew Linn, Neil Bermel and Gibson Ferguson (Eds.), Attitudes towards English in Europe: English in Europe, Volume 1, 297–320. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.

Cypriot Greek as a heritage and community language in London: (socio)linguistic aspects of a non-standard variety in a diasporic context.

Karatsareas, Petros. Forthcoming. Cypriot Greek as a heritage and community language in London: (socio) linguistic aspects of a non-standard variety in a diasporic context. In Io Manolessou, Nikolaos Pantelidis and Grammatiki Karla (Eds.), Festschrift for Christina Basea-Bezantakou. Athens: Kardamitsa.

The fragile future of the Cypriot Greek language in the UK.

Karatsareas, Petros. 2018. The fragile future of the Cypriot Greek language in the UK. British Academy Review 33, 42–44. 

Attitudes towards Cypriot Greek and Standard Modern Greek in London’s Greek Cypriot community.

Karatsareas, Petros. 2018. Attitudes towards Cypriot Greek and Standard Modern Greek in London’s Greek Cypriot community. International Journal of Bilingualism 22(4), 412–428.

The interplay of language use and language maintenance and the cultural identity of Greek Cypriots in the UK.

Papapavlou, Andreas and Pavlos Pavlou. 2001. The interplay of language use and language maintenance and the cultural identity of Greek Cypriots in the UK. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 11, 92–113. 

Code-switching among London Greek-Cypriots: A Study of Question–Response Pairs.

Paraskeva, Marilena. 2012. Code-switching among London Greek-Cypriots: A Study of Question–Response Pairs. PhD thesis, Birkbeck University of London.