Nikolaos P. Andriotis

Nikolaos P. Andriotis , completely Nikolaos Pantelis Andriotis ( Greek Νικόλαος Παντελής Ἀνδριώτης , born November 8, 1906 in Imbros ; † September 29, 1976 in Thessaloniki ), was a Greek linguist and neo-Graecist .

After attending high schools in Constantinople and Galați , Romania , Andriotis studied philology at the University of Athens from 1923 . From 1928 to 1944 he was editor of the "Historical Lexicon of the Greek Language" initiated by Georgios N. Chatzidakis ( Ιστορικό Λεξικό της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας ). After receiving his doctorate in 1932 from the University of Athens, he studied comparative linguistics from 1933 to 1937 at the universities of Vienna (with Paul Kretschmer ) and Berlin . From 1944 to 1969 he taught linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , where he was rector from 1962 to 1963. It was also Andriotis Chairman of the Foundation Manolis Triantaphyllides (Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη), longtime member of the Society for Macedonian Studies (Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών), whose chairman he became in 1976, and chairman of the Foundation for Studies on the Balkan Peninsula (Ίδρυμα Mελετών Xερσονήσου του Aίμου) and member of the scientific advisory board of the journals Balkan Studies (1960–1974) and Ελληνικά ( Elliniká , 1966–1976).

The focus of research was the modern Greek lexicography , language history and dialectology as well as the Macedonian language . In the language question , he showed himself to be a representative of an adapted Dimotiki .

Individual evidence

↑ See Peter Mackridge : Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766–1976 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, paperback reviewed 2010, p. 298 ( online ).

Fonts (selection)

Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής (German "Etymological lexicon of the modern Greek common language"). Institut français d'Athènes, Athens 1951; Reprints Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών (Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη), Thessaloniki 1967, 1971, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2006, most recently 2008.
Το Ομόσπονδο Κράτος των Σκοπίων και η γλώσσα του. Athens 1957, reprints Thessaloniki 1960, Μουσείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, Thessaloniki 1989; third edition, with a foreword by Απόστολος Βακαλόπουλος, Εκδ. Τροχαλία, Athens 1992. - Book review by Ανέστης Π. Χαριτάντης, in: Αυριανή (Μακεδονίας – Θράκης), February 8, 1992 ( PDF online ). - German translation: The federal state of Skopje and its language . Second edition, Athens 1966.
(Preface in :) G. Mavrochalyvidis, JI Kessissoglou: Le Dialecte d'Axos . Préface de NP Andriotis. Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Athènes, 1960.
(Preface in :) Dimitrios Phosteris, JI Kessissoglou: Vocabulaire d'Aravani . Préface de NP Andriotis. Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Athènes, 1960.
Ιστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας ("History of the Greek Language"). 1969; Reprint Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών. Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη, Thessaloniki 2008.
Lexicon of archaisms in modern Greek dialects. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 1974 ( Writings of the Balkan Commission , 22).
Αντιχάρισμα στον καθηγητή Νικόλαο Π. Ανδριώτη. Ανατύπωση 88 εργασιών του με τη φροντίδα επιτροπής (" Counter offer for Professor Nikolaos P. Andriotis. Reprint of 88 of his works, edited by a committee"). Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών (Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη), Thessaloniki 1976.

Το γλωσσικό ιδίωμα του Μελένικου ("The dialect of Meleniko "). Δημοσιεύματα της Εταιρείας Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, Thessaloniki 1989.

Περί του γλωσσικού ιδιώματος της Ίμβρου ("About the dialect of Imbros"). Ελεύθερη Σκέψις, Athens 1996.

Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της Ανατολικής Κρήτης ("Population and Settlements of Eastern Crete"). Βικελαία Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη, Iraklio 2006.

Κρυπτοχριστιανικά κείμενα ("Apocryphal Christian texts"). Εκδοτικός Οίκος των Αδελφών Κυριακίδη, Thessaloniki 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME	Andriotis, Nikolaos P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Andriotis, Nikolaos pantelis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek linguist and neo-Greekist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Imbros
DATE OF DEATH	29th September 1976
Place of death	Thessaloniki

[1] See Peter Mackridge : Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766–1976 . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, paperback reviewed 2010, p. 298 ( online ).