Journal Articles

# Year Publication
12025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Transforming speech-language pathology with AI: Opportunities, challenges, and ethical guidelines. Healthcare, 13(19), 2460. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13192460
22025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Can AI mimic the human ability to define neologisms? International Journal of Speech Technology. doi: 10.1007/s10772-025-10216-x
32025Georgiou, G. P., & Savva, E. (2025). Exploring acoustic overlap in second language vowel productions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1111/ijal.12859
42025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Clinical application of machine learning in biomedical engineering for the early detection of neurological disorders. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 53, 2389–2391. doi: 10.1007/s10439-025-03820-0
52025Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2025). Understanding age-related differences in grammar perception among children with developmental language disorder. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s41252-025-00463-z
62025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Identification of perceptual phonetic training gains in a second language through deep learning. AI, 6(7), 134. doi: 10.3390/ai6070134
72025Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2025). Voicing discrimination as a diagnostic marker of developmental language disorder. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 73, 101228. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2024.101228
82025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). ChatGPT exhibits bias towards developed countries over developing ones, as indicated by a sentiment analysis approach. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 44(1), 132–141. doi: 10.1177/0261927X241298337
92025Georgiou, G. P., Giannakou, A., & Alexander, K. (2025). Perception of second language phonetic contrasts by monolinguals and bidialectals: a comparison of competencies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78(6), 1148–1162. doi: 10.1177/17470218241264566
102025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Spectral and temporal acoustic differences between English and Dutch vowels. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 6(2), 198–212. doi: 10.1558/jmbs.26692
112025Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Mapping the ethical discourse in generative artificial intelligence: A topic modeling analysis of scholarly communication. Language, Technology, and Social Media, 3(2), 250–265. doi: 10.70211/ltsm.v3i2.230
122024Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Bayesian models are more sensitive than frequentist models in identifying differences in small datasets comprising phonetic data. Stats, 7(4), 1483–1495. doi: 10.3390/stats7040087
132024Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Perception of familiar second language accents and the role of linguistic background. Applied Sciences, 14(24), 11776. doi: 10.3390/app142411776
142024Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2024). Detection of developmental language disorder in Cypriot Greek children using a neural network algorithm. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. doi: 10.1007/s41347-024-00460-4
152024Georgiou, G. P., Panteli, C., & Theodorou, E. (2024). Speech rate of children with developmental language disorder in a narrative context. Communication Disorder Quarterly, 46(4), 212–221. doi: 10.1177/15257401241271417
162024Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Categorization of second-language accents by bilingual and multilingual listeners. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 42(3), 425–438. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12506
172024Giannakou, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Subject position in Greek and Spanish monolingual and bilingual production. Exploring the influence of verb type and definiteness. Language Acquisition, 32(4), 598–618. doi: 10.1080/10489223.2024.2371610
182024Christoforou, D., Giannakou, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Exploring motivational drivers for EFL learning in Greek prisons. Journal of Adult & Continuing Education, 30(2), 596–616. doi: 10.1177/14779714241269302
192024Georgiou, G. P., & Kaskampa, A. (2024). Differences in voice quality measures among monolingual and bilingual speakers. Ampersand, 12, 100175. doi: 10.1016/j.amper.2024.100175
202024Georgiou, G. P., & Giannakou, A. (2024). Discrimination of second language vowel contrasts and the role of phonological short-term memory and nonverbal intelligence. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 53(1), 9. doi: 10.1007/s10936-024-10038-z
212024Georgiou, G. P, & Giannakou A. (2024). Acoustic characteristics of Greek vowels produced by adult heritage speakers of Albanian. Acoustics, 6(1), 257–271. doi: 10.3390/acoustics6010014
222024Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Classification of English vowels in terms of Cypriot Greek categories: the role of acoustic similarity between L1 and L2 sounds. Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 69(1), 46–62. doi: 10.1017/cnj.2024.1
232024Georgiou, G. P., & Mackay P. (2024). Promoting linguistically based health literacy in doctors for better cancer healthcare in Cyprus. Journal of Cancer Education, 39, 211–212. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02406-z
242023Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Comparison of the prediction accuracy of machine learning algorithms in crosslinguistic vowel classification. Scientific Reports, 13, 15594. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42818-3
252023Georgiou, G. P., & Dimitriou, D. (2023). Perception of Dutch vowels by Cypriot Greek listeners: to what extent can listeners’ patterns be predicted by acoustic and perceptual similarity? Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 85, 2459–2474. doi: 10.3758/s13414-023-02781-7
262023Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Speakers of different L1 dialects with acoustically proximal vowel systems present with similar nonnative speech perception abilities: Data from Greek listeners of Dutch. Speech Communication, 150, 32–40. doi: 10.1016/j.specom.2023.05.003
272023Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2023). Abilities of children with developmental language disorders in perceiving phonological, grammatical, and semantic structures. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 4483–4487. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05548-5
282023Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Nonverbal intelligence does matter for the perception of second language sounds. Psych, 5(1), 123–132. doi: 10.3390/psych5010012
292023Georgiou, G.P. (2023). Identification of native vowels in normal and whispered speech by individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 858–862. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04702-1
302023Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2023). Comprehension of complex syntax by non-English-speaking children with developmental language disorder: a scoping review. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 37(11), 1050–1068. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2022.2135024
312022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). The acquisition of /ɪ/–/iː/ is challenging: Perceptual and production evidence from Cypriot Greek speakers of English. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12), 469. doi: 10.3390/bs12120469
322022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). Acoustic markers of vowels produced with different types of face masks. Applied Acoustics, 191, 108691. doi: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.108691
332022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). Effect of different types of speech sounds on viral transmissibility: A scoping review. Speech, Language and Hearing, 25(3), 412–418. doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2021.2014705
342022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). The impact of auditory perceptual training on the perception and production of English vowels by Cypriot Greek children and adults. Language Learning and Development, 18(4), 379–392. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2021.1977644
352021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Words are not just words: how the use of media language in the COVID-19 era affects public health. Epidemiology and Health, 43, e2021072-0. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2021072
362021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). How do speakers of a language with a transparent orthographic system perceive the L2 vowels of a language with an opaque orthographic system? An analysis through a battery of behavioral tests. Languages, 6(3), 118. doi: 10.3390/languages6030118
372021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Toward a new model for speech perception: The Universal Perceptual Model (UPM) of Second Language. Cognitive Processing, 22(2), 277–289. doi: 10.1007/s10339-021-01017-6
382021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Effects of phonetic training on the discrimination of second language sounds by learners with naturalistic access to the second language. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 50(3), 707–721. doi: 10.1007/s10936-021-09774-3
392021Georgiou, G. P., Georgiou, C., & Kilani, A. (2021). How the language we speak determines the transmission of COVID-19. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 190(4), 1343–1348. doi: 10.1007/s11845-020-02500-3
402021Georgiou, G.P. (2021). A model for the diagnosis of schizophrenia in speech perception. The European Journal of Psychiatry, 35(2), 126–127. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.11.001
412021Georgiou, G. P., & Themistocleous, C. (2021). Vowel learning in diglossic settings: evidence from Arabic-Greek learners. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25(1), 135–150. doi: 10.1177/1367006920945396
422021Kilani, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Countries with potential COVID-19 data misreport based on Benford’s Law. Journal of Public Health, 43(2), e295–e296. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab001
432021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Interplay between perceived cross-linguistic similarity and L2 production: Analyzing the L2 vowel patterns of bilinguals. Journal of Second Language Studies, 4(1), 48–65. doi: 10.1075/jsls.19031.geo
442020Georgiou, G. P., Perfilieva, N., Denisenko, V, & Novospasskaya, N. (2020). Perceptual realization of Greek consonants by Russian monolingual speakers. Speech Communication, 125, 7–14. doi: 10.1016/j.specom.2020.09.008
452020Georgiou, G. P., Perfilieva, N, & Tenizi, M. (2020). Vocabulary size leads to better attunement to L2 phonetic differences: Clues from Russian learners of English. Language Learning and Development, 16(4), 382–398. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2020.1814779
462020Tenizi, M., & Georgiou, G.P. (2020). Investigating the production of Greek compounds by bidialectal and bilingual children. Journal of Cognitive Science, 21(4), 619–647. doi: 10.17791/jcs.2020.21.4.619
472020Georgiou, G. P. (2020) Speech perception in visually impaired individuals might be diminished as a consequence of monomodal cue acquisition. Medical Hypotheses, 143, 110088. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110088
482020Georgiou, G. P. (2020). Discrimination of Uncategorized-Categorized and Uncategorized-Uncategorized Greek consonantal contrasts by Russian speakers. Topics in Linguistics, 21(1), 74–82. doi: 10.2478/topling-2020-0005
492020Georgiou, G. P., & Kilani, A. (2020). The Use of aspirated consonants during speech may increase the transmission of COVID-19. Medical Hypotheses, 144, 109937. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109937
502020Georgiou, G. P., & Kkese, E. (2020). Naturalistic exposure to an unknown language alone does not lead to attunement to its phonetic invariants. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 29, 125–152. [link]
512020Georgiou, G. P. (2020). The language errors of a Swiss German speaker of Greek as an L2: a case study. Athens Journal of Philology, 7(2), 115–124. doi: 10.30958/ajp.7-2-3
522019Georgiou, G. P. (2019). ‘Bit’ and ‘beat’ are heard as the same: Mapping the vowel perceptual patterns of Greek-English bilingual children. Language Sciences, 72, 1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.langsci.2018.12.001
532019Georgiou, G. P. (2019). EFL teachers’ cognitions about pronunciation in Cyprus. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40(6), 538–550. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2018.1539090
542019Georgiou, G. P. (2019). Cue-reliance and vowel perceptual patterns of Cypriot Greek children who learn English. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 28, 229–253. [link]
552018Georgiou, G. P. (2018). Discrimination of L2 Greek vowel contrasts: Evidence from learners with Arabic L1 background. Speech Communication, 102, 68–77. doi: 10.1016/j.specom.2018.07.003

Monographs and Edited Volumes

#YearPublication
562025Georgiou, G. P. (2025) (Ed.). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Communication Disorders: Opportunities and Challenges [Special issue]. Healthcare.
572025Georgiou, G. P. (2025) (Ed.). Artificial Intelligence in Acoustic Phonetics [Special issue]. Acoustics.
582025Savvidou, C., Georgiou, G. P., & Giannakou, A. (2025) (Eds.). Advances in second and foreign language acquisition: From Greek Classrooms to Global Contexts. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-3031942976
592023Georgiou, G. P. (2023) (Ed.). Developments in acoustic phonetic research [Special issue]. Acoustics.
602023Georgiou, G. P., Giannakou, A., & Savvidou, C. (2023) (Eds.). Advances in second/foreign language acquisition. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-38521-6
612022Georgiou, G. P. (Ed.). (2022). Mind and second language acquisition: Experimental approaches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-8409-9
622020Georgiou, G. P. (2020). An introduction to issues in general linguistics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-5950-9
632016Georgiou, G. P. (2016). Το Απλό συντακτικό της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής [The simple syntax textbook of the Ancient Greek language] (2nd ed.). Piastr Editions. ISBN: 978-9963-2901-1-6

Book Chapters

#YearPublication
642025Kaskampa, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2025). An examination of Greek vowel production by adult Albanian speakers of Greek as a second language. In C. Savvidou, G. P. Georgiou, & A. Giannakou (Eds.), Advances in second/foreign language acquisition: From Greek classrooms to global contexts (pp. 33–48). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94298-3_2
652024Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Η επίδραση της βραχυπρόθεσμης φωνολογικής μνήμης στη διάκριση φωνηεντικών αντιθέσεων της δεύτερης γλώσσας [The effect of phonological short-term memory in the discrimination of second language vowel contrasts]. In I. Galantomos, & E. Griva (Eds). Πρώτη και δεύτερη/ξένη γλώσσα. Θεωρητικές προσεγγίσεις και εκπαιδευτικές εφαρμογές [First and second/foreign language: theoretical approaches and educational applications] (pp. 159–166). Ekdotiki Pedio.
662022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). The effect of face masks on the acoustic properties of vowels. In S.D. Brunn & D. Gilbreath (eds.), COVID-19 and a world of ad hoc geographies, Volume III (pp. 2381–2392). Springer, Cham.
672022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). A report on how Russian speakers perceive the [θ] and [ð] sounds. In G. P. Georgiou (ed.), Mind and second language acquisition: Experimental approaches (pp. 63–67). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
682022Kkese, E., & Georgiou, G. P. (2022). L2 phone perception on a syllabic level might be driven by L1 transfer mechanisms and/or universal patterns of phone acquisition. In E. Kkese (ed.), Speech perception and production in L2 (pp. 173–198). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
692020Georgiou, G. P. (2020). Perception of Greek vowels by Arabic-Greek bilinguals: An experimental study. In S. Belkhir (ed.), Cognition and language learning (pp. 63–72). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Proceedings

#YearPublication
702022Georgiou, G. P. (2022). Cue-reliance during the categorization of English vowels by Russian speakers. In A.-M. Sougari & V. Bardzokas (eds.), 24th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics – Selected Papers (pp. 305–312). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. doi: 10.26262/istal.v24i0.9164
712021Georgiou, G. P. (2021). The Universal Perceptual Model (UPM) of second language. In A. Botinis (ed.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics (ExLing 2021) (pp. 101–104). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. doi: 10.36505/ExLing-2021/12
722014Georgiou, G. P. (2014). Reinforcing the generic skills through higher education: towards profession efficiency. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation 2014, November 17–19, 2014 (pp. 4369–4371). IATED.

Thesis

#YearPublication
732018Georgiou, G. P. (2018). Perception and production of Greek vowels by Egyptian Arabic learners of Greek as a second language (Doctoral dissertation). University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (supervisors: Prof. Mary Koutselini; Prof. Charalambos Themistocleous).