Professor

Contact

School of Philosophy, Office 806, University Campus at Zografou,157-84 - Athens, Greece

e-mail: sbella@phil.uoa.gr, Tel.: +30 210 727 7819

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Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

• Pragmatics
• Interlanguage Pragmatics 
• Second language acquisition and second language teaching (with emphasis on Greek)

Teaching 2012-2013

Graduate courses

• Pragmatics
• Language Aquisition
• Final assignment

Postgraduate courses
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

• Semantics-Pragmatics

Teaching of Greek as a Foreign Language

• Introduction to Applied Linguistics (SEcond Language Learning Theories)
• Methodology in Language Teaching

Publications (selection)

Books

• Bella, S. (2011). Η Δεύτερη Γλώσσα: Κατάκτηση και Διδασκαλία (Αναθεωρημένη Έκδοση). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πατάκη. [The Second Language: Acquisition and Teaching (revised edition). Athens: Patakis].

Articles 

• Bella. S. (2009). Πραγματολογική ικανότητα στην Ελληνική ως Γ2: Αρνήσεις προσκλήσεων. Στο Μελέτες για την Ελληνική Γλώσσα 29. Πρακτικά της 29ης συνάντησης εργασίας Τομέα Γλωσσολογίας Τμήματος Φιλολογίας Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, 10-11 Μαϊου 2008. Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών [Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη], 500-512. [Pragmatic competence in L2 Greek: Invitation refusals. Studies in Greek Linguistics 29. Thessaloniki: Institute of Modern Greek Studies].
• Bella, S. (2009). Invitations and politeness in Greek: the age variable. Journal of Politeness Research, 5.2, 243-271.
• Bella, S. (2011). Mitigation and politeness in Greek invitation refusals: Effects of length of residence in the target community and intensity of interaction on non-native speakers’ performance. Journal of Pragmatics 43, 1718-1740.
• Bella, S. (2012). Pragmatic awareness in a second language setting: The case of L2 learners of Greek. Multilingua 31, 1-33.
• Bella, S. (2012). Length of residence and intensity of interaction: Modification in Greek L2 requests. Pragmatics 22.1, 1-39.