- Dr George Kanarakis, OAM is Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia. He has published extensive... moreDr George Kanarakis, OAM is Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia. He has published extensively on language, linguistics and the literature, historiography and press of the diaspora Greeks, especially of Australia and New Zealand. His many publications include Greek Voices in Australia (ANU Press, 19912), The Diachronic Contribution of Greek to Other Languages of the World (Papazissis, Athens, 2014) and The Legacy of the Greek Language (Periodot International Publications, 2017).edit
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An examination of the position occupied by the literary works of migrants in Australia today first requires that the body of literature in which they are located be determined - a matter of contention within at least some ethnic groups.
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The term diaspora, carrying a sense of displacement as a result of emigration, has become a key word in today’s globalised world and it represents, semantically and conceptually, a quite complex and fluid notion. Especially in post-World... more
The term diaspora, carrying a sense of displacement as a result of emigration, has become a key word in today’s globalised world and it represents, semantically and conceptually, a quite complex and fluid notion. Especially in post-World War II times it has experienced more expansion and in the past two decades it has proliferated in a range of directions to accommodate political, cultural and even interdisciplinary agendas. Within this context, the present article aims at providing a cohesive account of the dynamics of the Greek diaspora, both as a historical and immigrant phenomenon. For a comprehensive picture, this article reflects on the energy, character, demographic situation, causes and community organisations of the Greek diaspora in its transnational frame of reference.
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Linguists accept that no languages, the users of which have come into contact with one another, are completely pure and free of transferred and borrowed language forms. Interlanguage transferences and borrowings, therefore, are considered... more
Linguists accept that no languages, the users of which have come into contact with one another, are completely pure and free of transferred and borrowed language forms. Interlanguage transferences and borrowings, therefore, are considered a natural, universal phenomenon, and not accidental. Th is paper aims at providing a cohesive account of the linguistic situation which has resulted from the interlanguage contact between Greek and Australian English. It will focus on two essential aspects: the impact of Australian English upon Greek in the immigrant context of Australia, and the infl uence of Greek upon Australian English. To present a more comprehensive picture, it will examine both direct and indirect infl uences, as well as their impact on diff erent levels of language analysis (mainly phonological, morphological, and lexical), illustrated by a variety of oral and written (including literary) examples.
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This paper pursues another transnational course extending the paper I presented at the Eighth International Conference on Greek Research, where the influence of cultural aspects of Aboriginal Australians upon a variety of first generation... more
This paper pursues another transnational course extending the paper I presented at the Eighth International Conference on Greek Research, where the influence of cultural aspects of Aboriginal Australians upon a variety of first generation Greek Australians’ artistic expression was examined. Exploring both direct and indirect influence of elements of Greek and Aboriginal Australian cultures evident in artistic works (including theatre arts, painting, photography, music and dance), my current research focuses on how this blending has transcended through the filter of second generation Australians of Greek and Koori parentage, as well as of Aborigines, Anglo-Australians and members of other immigrant groups, and how this has been transformed and exhibited by them, thus being “recreated” artistically.
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The Greeks and the indigenous people of australia represent two cultures of ancient origins within the dominant australian society. opposing discrimination on the basis of ethnic and minority distinctions, both support the oneness of all... more
The Greeks and the indigenous people of australia represent two cultures of ancient origins within the dominant australian society. opposing discrimination on the basis of ethnic and minority distinctions, both support the oneness of all people. This is the first paper, to my knowledge, which attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of the two cultures in contact. it examines both direct and indirect influences and the impact of aboriginal australian cultural aspects on a variety of first generation Greek australians’ artistic expression, including literature (poetry, prose, drama), music and visual arts (painting and sculpture).
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Athens, whose culture is one of Europe’s greatest legacies, and whose impact, especially on European civilisation, is profound from early antiquity, has been the most celebrated city of Greece in time.