Selected Publications
Books
Varlokosta, S., & Tzakosta, M. (to appear in 2012). Language Acquisition and Development: A Generative View. Athens: Patakis [in Greek].
Varlokosta, S., & Triantafillidou, L. (2003). Proficiency Levels in Greek as a Second Language. Athens: Centre for Intercultural Education, University of Athens, pp. 223 [in Greek]
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
Protopapas, A., Cheimariou, S., Economou, A., Kakavoulia, M., & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Functional categories related to verb inflection are not differentially impaired in Greek aphasia.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Comprehension of pronouns in Down syndrome: The role of age.
Kakavoulia, M., Stamouli, S., Foka-Kavalieraki, P., Economou, A., Protopapas, A., & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Elicitation of narratives from Greek speakers with aphasia: Principles, methodological issues, and preliminary results [in Greek].
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Task effects in the interpretation of pronouns.
Varlokosta, S., Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., Bastiaanse, R., & Beretta, A (under review). Assessing sentence comprehension in agrammatic aphasia. A test for Relativized Minimality.
Konstantzou, K., Varlokosta, S., van Hout, A., & Vlassopoulos, M. (to appear). Perfective – imperfective: Development of aspectual distinctions in Greek specific language impairment. Linguistic Variation, special double issue on ‘Three Factors and Beyond: The Socio-Syntax of (A)typical Language Acquisition and Development’, Special Issue 2: Language Development and Impairment.
Varlokosta, S., Belletti, A., Costa, J., Friedmann, N., Gavarró, A., Grohmann, K.K., Guasti, M.-T., Tuller, L., Lobo, M., et al. (to appear). A cross-linguistic study of the acquisition of clitic and pronoun production. Language Acquisition.
Varlokosta, S. & Nerantzini, M. (to appear). Grammatical gender in specific language impairment: Evidence from determiner-noun contexts in Greek. Psychologia.
Varlokosta, S., M. Nerantzini, M., & Papadopoulou, D. (to appear). Comprehension asymmetries in language acquisition. A test for Relativized Minimality. Journal of Child Language.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (to appear). Pronoun comprehension in Down Syndrome: Deviance or delay? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., & Bastiaanse, R. (2014). Wh-questions and relative clauses in Greek aphasia: Evidence from comprehension and production. Aphasiology, 28 (4), 490-514.
Tzevelekou, M., Giagkou, M., Kantzou, V., Stamouli, S., Varlokosta, S., Mitzias, I., & Papadopoulou, D. (2013). Second language assessment in the Greek educational system: the case of Reception Classes. Glossologia, 21, 75-89.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2013). (Morpho)syntactic comprehension in agrammatic aphasia: Evidence from Greek. Aphasiology, 27 (4), 398-419.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2012). Agrammatic production: Interpretable features and selective impairment in verb inflection. Lingua, 122, 1134-1147.
Philippaki-Warburton, I., & Varlokosta, S. (2010). Formal approaches to language: The case of transformational generative grammar. Glossologia, 18, 37-48.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2010). Exploring wh-questions in agrammatism: Evidence from Greek. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23, 644-662.
Papadopoulou, D., Varlokosta, S., Spiropoulos, V., Kaili, X., Prokou, S., & Revithiadou, A. (2010). Case morphology and word order in L2 Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners. Second Language Research, 27(2), 173-205.
Edwards, S., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Pronominal and anaphoric reference in agrammatism. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 20, 423-444.
Joffe, V., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Language abilities in Williams syndrome: Exploring comprehension, production and repetition skills. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 9 (3), 213-225.
Joffe, V., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Patterns of syntactic development in children with Williams syndrome and Down’s syndrome: Evidence from passives and wh-questions. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21(9), 705-727.
Varlokosta, S., Valeonti, N., Kakavoulia, M., Economou, A., & Protopapas, A. (2006). The breakdown of functional categories in Greek aphasia: Evidence from agreement, tense and aspect. Aphasiology, 20, 723-743.
Philippaki-Warburton, I., Varlokosta, S., Georgiafentis, M., & Kotzoglou, G. (2004). Moving from theta-positions: Pronominal clitic doubling in Greek. Lingua, 114, 963-989.
Armon-Lotem, S., Crain, S., & Varlokosta, S. (2004). Interface conditions in child language: Crosslinguistic studies on the nature of possession. Language Acquisition, 12, 171-217.
Varlokosta, S. (2003). The acquisition of functional categories in child L2 Greek: Evidence for the full transfer/full access hypothesis. Glossologia (Γλωσσολογία), 14, 59-82.
Iatridou, S. & Varlokosta, S. (1998). Pseudoclefts crosslinguistically. Natural Language Semantics, 6, 3-28.
Varlokosta, S., Rohrbacher, B., & Vainikka, A. (1998). Functional projections, markedness, and ‘root infinitives’ in early child Greek. Linguistic Review, 15, 187-207.
Varlokosta, S. (1994). Factive complements and wh-movement. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 23, 441-453.
Varlokosta, S. & Hornstein, N. (1993). A bound pronoun in Modern Greek. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory,11, 175-195.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Comprehension of pronouns in Down syndrome: The role of age.
Kakavoulia, M., Stamouli, S., Foka-Kavalieraki, P., Economou, A., Protopapas, A., & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Elicitation of narratives from Greek speakers with aphasia: Principles, methodological issues, and preliminary results [in Greek].
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (under review). Task effects in the interpretation of pronouns.
Varlokosta, S., Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., Bastiaanse, R., & Beretta, A (under review). Assessing sentence comprehension in agrammatic aphasia. A test for Relativized Minimality.
Konstantzou, K., Varlokosta, S., van Hout, A., & Vlassopoulos, M. (to appear). Perfective – imperfective: Development of aspectual distinctions in Greek specific language impairment. Linguistic Variation, special double issue on ‘Three Factors and Beyond: The Socio-Syntax of (A)typical Language Acquisition and Development’, Special Issue 2: Language Development and Impairment.
Varlokosta, S., Belletti, A., Costa, J., Friedmann, N., Gavarró, A., Grohmann, K.K., Guasti, M.-T., Tuller, L., Lobo, M., et al. (to appear). A cross-linguistic study of the acquisition of clitic and pronoun production. Language Acquisition.
Varlokosta, S. & Nerantzini, M. (to appear). Grammatical gender in specific language impairment: Evidence from determiner-noun contexts in Greek. Psychologia.
Varlokosta, S., M. Nerantzini, M., & Papadopoulou, D. (to appear). Comprehension asymmetries in language acquisition. A test for Relativized Minimality. Journal of Child Language.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (to appear). Pronoun comprehension in Down Syndrome: Deviance or delay? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., & Bastiaanse, R. (2014). Wh-questions and relative clauses in Greek aphasia: Evidence from comprehension and production. Aphasiology, 28 (4), 490-514.
Tzevelekou, M., Giagkou, M., Kantzou, V., Stamouli, S., Varlokosta, S., Mitzias, I., & Papadopoulou, D. (2013). Second language assessment in the Greek educational system: the case of Reception Classes. Glossologia, 21, 75-89.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2013). (Morpho)syntactic comprehension in agrammatic aphasia: Evidence from Greek. Aphasiology, 27 (4), 398-419.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2012). Agrammatic production: Interpretable features and selective impairment in verb inflection. Lingua, 122, 1134-1147.
Philippaki-Warburton, I., & Varlokosta, S. (2010). Formal approaches to language: The case of transformational generative grammar. Glossologia, 18, 37-48.
Fyndanis, V., Varlokosta, S., & Tsapkini, K. (2010). Exploring wh-questions in agrammatism: Evidence from Greek. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23, 644-662.
Papadopoulou, D., Varlokosta, S., Spiropoulos, V., Kaili, X., Prokou, S., & Revithiadou, A. (2010). Case morphology and word order in L2 Turkish: Evidence from Greek learners. Second Language Research, 27(2), 173-205.
Edwards, S., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Pronominal and anaphoric reference in agrammatism. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 20, 423-444.
Joffe, V., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Language abilities in Williams syndrome: Exploring comprehension, production and repetition skills. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 9 (3), 213-225.
Joffe, V., & Varlokosta, S. (2007). Patterns of syntactic development in children with Williams syndrome and Down’s syndrome: Evidence from passives and wh-questions. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21(9), 705-727.
Varlokosta, S., Valeonti, N., Kakavoulia, M., Economou, A., & Protopapas, A. (2006). The breakdown of functional categories in Greek aphasia: Evidence from agreement, tense and aspect. Aphasiology, 20, 723-743.
Philippaki-Warburton, I., Varlokosta, S., Georgiafentis, M., & Kotzoglou, G. (2004). Moving from theta-positions: Pronominal clitic doubling in Greek. Lingua, 114, 963-989.
Armon-Lotem, S., Crain, S., & Varlokosta, S. (2004). Interface conditions in child language: Crosslinguistic studies on the nature of possession. Language Acquisition, 12, 171-217.
Varlokosta, S. (2003). The acquisition of functional categories in child L2 Greek: Evidence for the full transfer/full access hypothesis. Glossologia (Γλωσσολογία), 14, 59-82.
Iatridou, S. & Varlokosta, S. (1998). Pseudoclefts crosslinguistically. Natural Language Semantics, 6, 3-28.
Varlokosta, S., Rohrbacher, B., & Vainikka, A. (1998). Functional projections, markedness, and ‘root infinitives’ in early child Greek. Linguistic Review, 15, 187-207.
Varlokosta, S. (1994). Factive complements and wh-movement. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 23, 441-453.
Varlokosta, S. & Hornstein, N. (1993). A bound pronoun in Modern Greek. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory,11, 175-195.
Short papers/Long abstracts in peer-reviewed journals
Molympaki, E., Nerantzini, M., Fyndanis, V., Papageorgiou, S., & Varlokosta, S. (2013). Comprehension abilities in Greek-speaking individuals with probable Alzheimer’s Disease. Evidence from wh-questions and relative clauses. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 94, 131-132.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., & Beretta, A. (2012). Assessing sentence comprehension abilities: A test for Relativized Minimality. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 17, 134-136.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., Potagas, C., Evdokimidis, I., Kaselimis, D., & Beretta, A. (2011). Surprising dissociations in two Greek agrammatic speakers. Evidence from wh-questions and relative clauses. Neuroscience Letters, 500, Supplement: e44.
Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., & Varlokosta, S. (2010). Clitics in Greek aphasia: Evidence from production and grammaticality judgment. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 178-179.
Cheimariou, S., Varlokosta, S., Economou, A., Kakavoulia, M., & Protopapas, A. (2010). Error patterns of Greek aphasic speakers in sentence completion and grammaticality judgment. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 181-182.
Economou, Α., Varlokosta, S., Protopapas, A., & Kakavoulia, M. (2007). Factors affecting the production of verb inflections in Greek aphasia. Brain & Language, 103, 53-54.
Fyndanis, C., Tsapkini, K., Varlokosta, S., Papathanasiou, I., & Petropoulou, K. (2006). Negation in agrammatism: Evidence from Greek. Brain & Language, 99, 162-163.
Edwards, S., Varlokosta, S., & Payne, E. (2003). Pronominal reference and agrammatic comprehension. Brain & Language, 87 (1), 21-22.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., & Beretta, A. (2012). Assessing sentence comprehension abilities: A test for Relativized Minimality. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 17, 134-136.
Nerantzini, M., Varlokosta, S., Papadopoulou, D., Potagas, C., Evdokimidis, I., Kaselimis, D., & Beretta, A. (2011). Surprising dissociations in two Greek agrammatic speakers. Evidence from wh-questions and relative clauses. Neuroscience Letters, 500, Supplement: e44.
Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., & Varlokosta, S. (2010). Clitics in Greek aphasia: Evidence from production and grammaticality judgment. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 178-179.
Cheimariou, S., Varlokosta, S., Economou, A., Kakavoulia, M., & Protopapas, A. (2010). Error patterns of Greek aphasic speakers in sentence completion and grammaticality judgment. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 181-182.
Economou, Α., Varlokosta, S., Protopapas, A., & Kakavoulia, M. (2007). Factors affecting the production of verb inflections in Greek aphasia. Brain & Language, 103, 53-54.
Fyndanis, C., Tsapkini, K., Varlokosta, S., Papathanasiou, I., & Petropoulou, K. (2006). Negation in agrammatism: Evidence from Greek. Brain & Language, 99, 162-163.
Edwards, S., Varlokosta, S., & Payne, E. (2003). Pronominal reference and agrammatic comprehension. Brain & Language, 87 (1), 21-22.
Chapters in Collective Volumes
Varlokosta, S. & Nerantzini, M. (under revision). Clinical markers in Greek specific language impairment: Tense or aspect deficits? In S. Stavrakaki (Ed.) Advances in Research on Specific Lagnuage Impairment. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing.
Varlokosta, S., Konstanzou, K., & Nerantzini, M. (in press). On the production of direct object clitics in Greek typical development and specific language impairment: The effect of task selection. In K.K. Grohmann & T. Neokleous (Eds.) Developments in the Acquisition of Clitics, 188-211. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., & Varlokosta, S. (2014). Testing the Relativized Minimality approach. Evidence from wh-question production and comprehension in Greek aphasia. In N. Lavidas, Th. Alexiou & A.-M. Sougari (Eds.) Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 437-453. Warsaw: Versita de Gruyter Publishers.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (2013). The acquisition of binding by Greek-speaking chidren with Down syndrome. In S. Stavrakaki, M. Lalioti & P. Konstantinopoulou (Eds.) Advances in Language Acquisition, 435-443. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Varlokosta, S. (2011). The role of morphology in grammatical gender assignment: A psycholinguistic study in Greek. In A. Galani, G. Hicks & G. Tsoulas (Eds.) Morphology and its Interfaces, 49-76. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Varlokosta, S., Archonti, A., Thomaidis, L., & Joffe, V. (2008). Past tense formation in Williams syndrome: Evidence from Greek. In A. Gavarró & M. J. Freitas (Eds.) Language Acquisition and Language Development, 481-491. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Alexiadou, A. & Varlokosta, S. (2007). The syntactic and semantic properties of free relatives in Modern Greek. In A. Alexiadou (Ed.) Studies in the Morpho-syntax of Greek, 222-248. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,.
Varlokosta, S. (2005). Eventivity, modality and temporal reference in early child Greek. In M. Stavrou & A. Terzi (Eds.) Advances in Greek Generative Grammar, 217-240. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers.
Kateri, L., Revithiadou, A., & Varlokosta, S. (2005). Continuity vs. multiple grammars: A case study from Greek SLI. In M. Tzakosta, C. Levelt & J. van de Weijer (Eds.), Leiden Papers in Linguistics, Special Edition on Developmental Paths in Phonological Acquisition, 2.1, 13-38.
Varlokosta, S. (2002). (A)symmetries in the acquisition of principle B in typically-developing and specifically language impaired (SLI) children. In I. Lasser (Ed.) The Process of Language Acquisition, 81-98. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag Publishing.
Varlokosta, S. (2001). On the acquisition of pronominal and reflexive reference in child Greek. In M. Almgren, A. Barreña, M.-J. Ezeizabarrena, I. Idiazabal & B. MacWhinney (Eds.) Research on Child Language Acquisition, 1383-1400. Somerville MA: Cascadilla Press.
Varlokosta, S., Karafoti, P., & Karzi, V. (2000). On the acquisition of pronominal reference in child Greek. In M. Perkins & S. Howard (Eds.) New Directions in Language Development and Disorders, 97-103. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Varlokosta, S., Konstanzou, K., & Nerantzini, M. (in press). On the production of direct object clitics in Greek typical development and specific language impairment: The effect of task selection. In K.K. Grohmann & T. Neokleous (Eds.) Developments in the Acquisition of Clitics, 188-211. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Nerantzini, M., Papadopoulou, D., & Varlokosta, S. (2014). Testing the Relativized Minimality approach. Evidence from wh-question production and comprehension in Greek aphasia. In N. Lavidas, Th. Alexiou & A.-M. Sougari (Eds.) Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 437-453. Warsaw: Versita de Gruyter Publishers.
Sanoudaki, Ei. & Varlokosta, S. (2013). The acquisition of binding by Greek-speaking chidren with Down syndrome. In S. Stavrakaki, M. Lalioti & P. Konstantinopoulou (Eds.) Advances in Language Acquisition, 435-443. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Varlokosta, S. (2011). The role of morphology in grammatical gender assignment: A psycholinguistic study in Greek. In A. Galani, G. Hicks & G. Tsoulas (Eds.) Morphology and its Interfaces, 49-76. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Varlokosta, S., Archonti, A., Thomaidis, L., & Joffe, V. (2008). Past tense formation in Williams syndrome: Evidence from Greek. In A. Gavarró & M. J. Freitas (Eds.) Language Acquisition and Language Development, 481-491. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Alexiadou, A. & Varlokosta, S. (2007). The syntactic and semantic properties of free relatives in Modern Greek. In A. Alexiadou (Ed.) Studies in the Morpho-syntax of Greek, 222-248. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,.
Varlokosta, S. (2005). Eventivity, modality and temporal reference in early child Greek. In M. Stavrou & A. Terzi (Eds.) Advances in Greek Generative Grammar, 217-240. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers.
Kateri, L., Revithiadou, A., & Varlokosta, S. (2005). Continuity vs. multiple grammars: A case study from Greek SLI. In M. Tzakosta, C. Levelt & J. van de Weijer (Eds.), Leiden Papers in Linguistics, Special Edition on Developmental Paths in Phonological Acquisition, 2.1, 13-38.
Varlokosta, S. (2002). (A)symmetries in the acquisition of principle B in typically-developing and specifically language impaired (SLI) children. In I. Lasser (Ed.) The Process of Language Acquisition, 81-98. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag Publishing.
Varlokosta, S. (2001). On the acquisition of pronominal and reflexive reference in child Greek. In M. Almgren, A. Barreña, M.-J. Ezeizabarrena, I. Idiazabal & B. MacWhinney (Eds.) Research on Child Language Acquisition, 1383-1400. Somerville MA: Cascadilla Press.
Varlokosta, S., Karafoti, P., & Karzi, V. (2000). On the acquisition of pronominal reference in child Greek. In M. Perkins & S. Howard (Eds.) New Directions in Language Development and Disorders, 97-103. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.