Postdoc Researchers

Dr. Nicolaos Neocleous is a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His postdoctoral research explores the development of heritage grammars and especially Pontic Greek in Turkish immigrant communities in north Cyprus. He completed his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge in 2020. Prior to this, he earned an MA in Linguistics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2014) and an MA in Modern and Contemporary History from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (2012). He has a BA in Philology, majoring in Linguistics (2010). His research interests lie within syntax and its interface with morphology and semantics. Specifically, he explores language contact in cases of bilingualism, with a keen focus on the contact between Asia Minor Greek varieties and Turkish. A recent addition to his research agenda involves delving into the grammar of heritage languages, particularly the Pontic Greek variety in Cyprus.