About the Laboratory
The GlossaContact Laboratory is a research unit dedicated to the study of language contact phenomena, linguistic interference, and multilingualism. Based at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, our lab investigates how languages influence each other through contact, borrowing, and code-switching.
Language Contact Research
Research Areas
Language Contact
Investigating patterns of linguistic influence between languages in contact situations
Linguistic Interference
Analyzing transfer phenomena and cross-linguistic influence in multilingual contexts
Code-Switching
Studying bilingual discourse and the alternation between languages in communication
Loanword Integration
Examining how borrowed lexical items are adapted into recipient languages
Historical Contact
Diachronic analysis of language contact in historical corpora
Computational Methods
Developing AI and corpus-based tools for contact linguistics research
Current Projects
Contact Detection in Diachronic Corpora
Developing computational methods to automatically identify and analyze language contact phenomena in historical texts. This project integrates with the CVL-CDSAML corpus and utilizes machine learning for pattern detection.
Multilingual Corpus Analysis
Comparative study of contact-induced change across multiple language pairs, with focus on Greek-English, Greek-Latin, and other Indo-European interactions.
Research Team
Nikolaos Lavidas (Principal Investigator), Kiki Nikiforidou, Vassiliki Geka, Vassileios Symeonidis, Sofia Chionidi, Evangelos Argyropoulos, Anastasia Tsiropina, Eleni Plakoutsi, Theodoros Michalareas
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Resources & Links
Contact Information
Laboratory Director: Prof. Nikolaos Lavidas
Institution: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department: English Language and Literature
Email: nlavidas@enl.uoa.gr
Research Environment
Language Contact Research
Multilingualism Studies