Athina Sioupi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Athina Sioupi is involved.
2019 Goal realization: An empirically based comparison between English, German and Greek Languages in Contrast 19:2, pp. 280–309 | Article
Drawing upon recent insights into the role of Goal preference as reflector of cross-linguistic differences, this paper investigates the factors affecting the realization of Goals in motion event descriptions. In particular, it examines the interplay between the lexicalization pattern of a… read more
2012 A cross-linguistic investigation of the combinational possibilities of the ‘for X time’ adverbial with different aspectual verb classes Languages in Contrast 12:2, pp. 211–231 | Article
The paper observes that the Vendler classification is not sufficient as a classification of verbs, since it cannot explain why some telic verbs, such as change of state (COS) verbs and degree achievements (DAs) appear with the durational adverbial (d-adverbial) ‘for X time’ in Greek, in English… read more
2007 Review of Marinis (2003): The acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek Studies in Language 31:2, pp. 465–474 | Review
2002 On the syntax and semantics of verb-complement constructions that involve ‘creation’: A comparative study in Greek and German Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology, Abraham, Werner and Jan-Wouter Zwart (eds.), pp. 263–284 | Article