Publications | Georgios P. Georgiou

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Georgiou, G. P. & Giannakou, A. (2024). Discrimination of L2 vowel contrasts and the role of phonological short-term memory and nonverbal intelligence. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 53(9). doi: 10.1007/s10936-024-10038-z [link]
Georgiou, G. P, & Giannakou A. (2024). Acoustic Characteristics of Greek Vowels Produced by Adult Heritage Speakers of Albanian. Acoustics, 6(1), 257-271. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics6010014 [link]
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. doi: 10.1017/cnj.2024.1 [link]
Georgiou, G. P., & Mackay P. (2024). Promoting Linguistically Based Health Literacy in Doctors for Better Cancer Healthcare in Cyprus. Journal of Cancer Education. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02406-z [link]
Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Spectral and temporal acoustic differences between English and Dutch vowels. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 6.2. doi: 10.1558/jmbs.26692 [link]
Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Bayesian models are better than frequentist models in identifying differences in small datasets comprising phonetic data. arXiv (Cornell University). doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2312.01146 [link]
Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2023). Detection of developmental language disorder in Cypriot Greek children using a machine learning neural network algorithm. arXiv (Cornell University). doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2311.15054 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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, 858-862. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05548-5 [link]
Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Nonverbal Intelligence Does Matter for the Perception of Second Language Sounds. Psych, 5(1), 123-132. doi: 10.3390/psych5010012 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [open access] [link]
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 [link]
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: [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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[link]
Kilani, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Countries with Potential COVID-19 Data Misreport based on Benford’s Law. Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab001 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
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. ISNN: 15982327 [link]
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 [link]
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 (open access) [link]
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 [link]
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. ISSN 1575-55332020 (open access) [link]
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 (open access) [link]
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 [link]
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 [link]
Georgiou, G. P. (2019). Cue-reliance and vowel perceptual patterns of Cypriot Greek children who learn English. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 28, 229-253. (open access) [link]
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 [link]

BOOKS

Georgiou, G. P., Giannakou, A., & Savvidou, C. (2023) (Eds.). Advances in Second Foreign Language Acquisition. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-38521-6
Georgiou, G. P. (Ed.). (2022). Mind and Second Language Acquisition: Experimental Approaches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-8409-9
Georgiou, G. P. (2020). An introduction to Issues in General Linguistics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-5950-9
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

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.
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.
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.
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

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
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). Athens, Greece: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. doi: 10.36505/ExLing-2021/12
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). Seville, Spain: IATED.

THESIS

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; Dr Charalambos Themistocleous).

JOURNAL ARTICLES

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Georgiou, G. P. & Giannakou, A. (2024). Discrimination of L2 vowel contrasts and the role of phonological short-term memory and nonverbal intelligence. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 53(9). doi: 10.1007/s10936-024-10038-z [link]

Georgiou, G. P, & Giannakou A. (2024). Acoustic Characteristics of Greek Vowels Produced by Adult Heritage Speakers of Albanian. Acoustics, 6(1), 257-271. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics6010014 [link]

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. doi: 10.1017/cnj.2024.1 [link]

Georgiou, G. P., & Mackay P. (2024). Promoting Linguistically Based Health Literacy in Doctors for Better Cancer Healthcare in Cyprus. Journal of Cancer Education. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02406-z [link]

Georgiou, G. P. (2024). Spectral and temporal acoustic differences between English and Dutch vowels. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 6.2. doi: 10.1558/jmbs.26692 [link]

Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Bayesian models are better than frequentist models in identifying differences in small datasets comprising phonetic data. arXiv (Cornell University). doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2312.01146 [link]

Georgiou, G. P., & Theodorou, E. (2023). Detection of developmental language disorder in Cypriot Greek children using a machine learning neural network algorithm. arXiv (Cornell University). doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2311.15054 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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, 858-862. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05548-5 [link]

Georgiou, G. P. (2023). Nonverbal Intelligence Does Matter for the Perception of Second Language Sounds. Psych, 5(1), 123-132. doi: 10.3390/psych5010012 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [open access] [link]

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 [link]

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: [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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[link]

Kilani, A., & Georgiou, G. P. (2021). Countries with Potential COVID-19 Data Misreport based on Benford’s Law. Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab001 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

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. ISNN: 15982327 [link]

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 [link]

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 (open access) [link]

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 [link]

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. ISSN 1575-55332020 (open access) [link]

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 (open access) [link]

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 [link]

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 [link]

Georgiou, G. P. (2019). Cue-reliance and vowel perceptual patterns of Cypriot Greek children who learn English. Journal of Experimental Phonetics, 28, 229-253. (open access) [link]

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 [link]

BOOKS

Georgiou, G. P., Giannakou, A., & Savvidou, C. (2023) (Eds.). Advances in Second Foreign Language Acquisition. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-38521-6

Georgiou, G. P. (Ed.). (2022). Mind and Second Language Acquisition: Experimental Approaches. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-8409-9

Georgiou, G. P. (2020). An introduction to Issues in General Linguistics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-5275-5950-9

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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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). Seville, Spain: IATED.

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THESIS

​

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; Dr Charalambos Themistocleous).