FEATURED NEOLOGISM:

κριντζάρω (Greek, ‘to cringe’), a neology commonly used among younger speakers. A borrowing from the English word cringe, adapted to Greek phonologically but also morphologically by the addition of the derivational suffix -άρ(ω) (initially borrowed from Italian). Language knows no borders!

I am an Assistant Professor of German Linguistics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. I hold a PhD in Linguistics specialising in contrastive morphology. My research interests focus on contrastive linguistics with emphasis on German and Greek, morphology, lexicology, and terminology. I am particularly interested in word formation processes that give rise to neologisms. I have recently conducted studies on lexical creativity and morphological extravagance, and I am intrigued by the interaction of these concepts with neology. I have also published several papers on terminological aspects, including term formation and specifically the creation of a new designation to fill a lexical gap in languages like German and Greek, but also in understudied languages like the native languages of the Ivory Coast.