Journal Articles

# Year Publication
1 2025 Georgiou, G. P., & Savva, E. (2025). Exploring acoustic overlap in second language vowel productions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1111/ijal.12859
2 2025 Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Clinical application of machine learning in biomedical engineering for the early detection of neurological disorders. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. doi: 10.1007/s10439-025-03820-0
3 2025 Georgiou, 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
4 2025 Georgiou, G. P. (2025). Identification of perceptual phonetic training gains in a second language through deep learning. AI, 6(7), 134. doi: 10.3390/ai6070134
5 2025 Georgiou, 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
6 2025 Georgiou, 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
7 2025 Georgiou, 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
8 2025 Georgiou, 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
9 2024 Georgiou, 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
10 2024 Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Perception of familiar second language accents and the role of linguistic background. Applied Sciences, 14(24), 11776. doi: 10.3390/app142411776
11 2024 Georgiou, 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
12 2024 Georgiou, 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
13 2024 Georgiou, 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
14 2024 Giannakou, 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. doi: 10.1080/10489223.2024.2371610
15 2024 Christoforou, 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
16 2024 Georgiou, 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
17 2024 Georgiou, 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
18 2024 Georgiou, 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
19 2024 Georgiou, 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
20 2024 Georgiou, 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
21 2023 Georgiou, 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
22 2023 Georgiou, 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
23 2023 Georgiou, 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
24 2023 Georgiou, 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
25 2023 Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Nonverbal intelligence does matter for the perception of second language sounds. Psych, 5(1), 123-132. doi: 10.3390/psych5010012
26 2023 Georgiou, 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
27 2023 Georgiou, 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
28 2022 Georgiou, 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
29 2022 Georgiou, 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
30 2022 Georgiou, 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
31 2022 Georgiou, 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
32 2021 Georgiou, 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
33 2021 Georgiou, 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
34 2021 Georgiou, 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
35 2021 Georgiou, 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
36 2021 Georgiou, 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
37 2021 Georgiou, 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
38 2021 Georgiou, 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
39 2021 Kilani, 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
40 2021 Georgiou, 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
41 2020 Georgiou, 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
42 2020 Georgiou, 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
43 2020 Tenizi, 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
44 2020 Georgiou, 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
45 2020 Georgiou, 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
46 2020 Georgiou, 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
47 2020 Georgiou, 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]
48 2020 Georgiou, 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
49 2019 Georgiou, 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
50 2019 Georgiou, 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
51 2019 Georgiou, G. P. (2019). Cue-reliance and vowel perceptual patterns of Cypriot Greek children who learn English. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 28, 229-253. [link]
52 2018 Georgiou, 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
53 2018 Georgiou, G. P. (2018). Perception and production of Greek vowels by Egyptian Arabic learners of Greek as a second language. (Doctoral dissertation details appear under Thesis)

Monographs and Edited Volumes

# Year Publication
54 2025 Georgiou, G. P. (2025). (Ed.). Artificial Intelligence in Acoustic Phonetics [Special issue]. Acoustics.
55 2025 Savvidou, 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
56 2024 Georgiou, G. P. (2024). (Ed.). Developments in acoustic phonetic research [Special issue]. Acoustics.
57 2023 Georgiou, G. P., Giannakou, A., & Savvidou, C. (2023). (Eds.). Advances in second/foreign language acquisition. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-38521-6
58 2022 Georgiou, G. P. (Ed.). (2022). Mind and second language acquisition: Experimental approaches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-8409-9
59 2020 Georgiou, G. P. (2020). An introduction to issues in general linguistics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-5950-9
60 2016 Georgiou, 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

# Year Publication
61 2025 Kaskampa, 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.). Palgrave MacMillan.
62 2024 Georgiou, 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.
63 2022 Georgiou, 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.
64 2022 Georgiou, 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.
65 2022 Kkese, 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.
66 2020 Georgiou, 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

# Year Publication
67 2022 Georgiou, 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
68 2021 Georgiou, 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
69 2014 Georgiou, 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

# Year Publication
70 2018 Georgiou, 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).