Haralambos Symeonidis


Haralambos Symeonidis is a Greek Hispanist and linguist.

Career

A linguist focused on Ibero-Romance languages, Symeonidis is devoted to interactions between languages, particularly Spanish, Portuguese, and Guaraní, as well as Judeo-Spanish. His research covers language contact, bilingualism, and linguistic policies in Latin America, with a specific emphasis on the Guaranitic area. He is professor at the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky. He also lectures at the Middlebury Language School.

Selected works

  • 2010: Ετυμολογικό Λεξικό των Νεοελληνικών Οικωνυμίων,.
  • 2009: Guarani-Romanic Linguistic Atlas
  • 2002: Das Judenspanische von Thessaloniki: Beschreibung des Sephardischen im griechischen Umfeld. Peter Lang.
  • 1992: Εισαγωγή στην Ελληνική Ονοματολογία, Thessaloniki.