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Cretan Greek

Κρητικά · Cretan Greek

Type
Regional complex
Time scope
modern research window
Support
Mentioned in an inspected source

Geographic scope

RESEARCH NOTE

Cretan speech and island-internal variation.

Open question

RESEARCH NOTE

Feature distributions differ from Cretan–Cycladic heading

How scholars classify it

Newton (1972) B18 B02 §3 pp.49–50Assigned Cretan and CycladicTrudgill disagrees with this grouping.
Trudgill (2003) B02 §6 pp.59–60Sources disagree Trudgill defines areas here that differ from Newton's Cretan and Cycladic group. His own assignment has not yet been entered in the Atlas.
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Findings from specialist literature

  1. RF-CRE-01 · Phonology

    Kappa analyses onset/coda patterns for a West Cretan research unit. B29 pp.105–107, §§1–2.2

    LIMIT Do not generalise the description or proposed constraint ranking to every Cretan locality.

    Passage inspected Withheld, under review

  2. RF-CRE-02 · Sociolinguistics

    The Anogia study targets a retroflex allophone of /l/ before back vowels; interview and questionnaire methods have separate samples. B30 pp.506–508; Table 3 p.511 visually checked; §2.4.1 p.514

    LIMIT Interview prose groups 30–65/66+ conflict with S1 age 29 in Table 3; questionnaire N=29 ages 20–50. No categorical age floor 30 or current vitality inference.

    Passage inspected Withheld, under review

  3. RF-CRE-03 · Morphology

    The thesis abstract defines a Mylopotamos morphology study rather than an island-wide sample. B28 Repository Greek/English abstracts

    LIMIT Full thesis and individual morphological examples uninspected.

    Abstract only Withheld, under review

  4. RF-CRE-04 · Historical morphology

    The author proposes source-based periods for a diachronic morphology study. B39 Repository abstracts

    LIMIT Full dissertation unread; periodisation is attributed rather than adopted as universal.

    Abstract only Withheld, under review

Research coverage

Eight research workstreams. Coverage shows what has been examined, not how important a community is.

  1. Historical GreekAbstract
  2. Variety profileFocused review
  3. LexicographyBibliography only
  4. Phraseology and oral traditionNot started
  5. Internal comparisonAdjacent source
  6. Contact and external relationsNot started
  7. SociolinguisticsFocused review
  8. Digital evidence infrastructureAccess checked