144: The Greek Language, a myriad of Ideas & Concepts – Inspiring Self Reflection

Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou, Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago, enlightens us today to learn more about ourselves with ancient and powerful ideas/concepts found in the Greek Language.

Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou

Today's Lexi: 

Γλώσσα - Glossa - Language

In Today’s Episode:

A fascinating conversation with Professor Anastasia Giannakidou of University of Chicago reveals the significant value of the Greek language, yesterday and today.  It's an ancient language, which has for thousands of years taught one to think critically/rationally and to be stimulated from the ideas Greeks lived by. 

Study of the Greek language is an intellectual activity that will move you to self-reflection and personal growth. 

Discover the differences between Koine, Byzantine, and Modern Greek.  How has each form of Greek developed concepts and ideas which positively impact the world today?

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Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou is the Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics and the College at the University of Chicago. She studied Classical Philology and Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and received her PhD in Linguistics from University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She is the founder and director of the Center for Hellenic Studies Center at the University of Chicago which was founded in 2019.  She is also a co-director of the Center for Gesture, Sign and Language, and a collaborator in the Bilingualism Matters initiative in Chicago and the University of Chicago Institute for the Formation of Knowledge.

Anastasia's main interest is the study of linguistic meaning, specifically how meaning is produced with language— and pursues linguistic and philosophical analysis grounded in Classical Hellenic thought. Anastasia studies the way beliefs, attitudes, and ideology shape people’s linguistic choices in communication, and overall the relationship between language, thought and reality. 

Prof. Giannakidou’s main language of study is Greek; but she has done comparative work on German, Dutch, Spanish, Basque, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese, and has worked on diachronic syntax and semantics. She is the author of numerous articles and books including Polarity Sensitivity as Nonveridical Dependency, Definiteness and Nominalization, Mood, Tense, Aspect Revisited—and most recently, Truth and Veridicality in Grammar and Thought, with the University of Chicago Press. She is currently working on a new book on uncertainty with Cambridge University Press.

Credits:

Music: Spiro Dussias

Vocals: Zabrina Hay

Graphic Designer: Susan Jackson O’Leary

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