CG-DS MorphoSyntax
Marie Curie Reintegration Grant
Presentations

I. Academic conferences

Christodoulou, C. (2014). Morphosyntactic Illusions in Down Syndrome: The Role of Phonetics/Phonology. 39th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston. (7–9 November 2014, poster)

Christodoulou, C. (2014). Subject-Verb Agreement in Cypriot Greek Down Syndrome: Why he walk in English is the Same as you walks in Greek. 5th International Conference on Language Disorders in Greek, Limassol. (30–31 May 2014)

Christodoulou, C. & Grohmann, K.K. (2014). External Effects and Language-Specific Characteristics: How Impaired Is the Down Syndrome Linguistic System? 5th International Conference on Language Disorders in Greek, Limassol. (30–31 May 2014)

Christodoulou, C. & Grohmann, K.K. (2013). Reflections on the Grammar of Down Syndrome. Comparative Biolinguistics: An Explanatory Workshop, Biolinguistics Initiative Barcelona. (28–26 November 2013)

Christodoulou, C. & Grohmann, K.K. (2013). Morpho-Syntactic Issues in the Development of Cypriot Greek Individuals with Down Syndrome. 38th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston. (1–3 November 2013, poster)

Christodoulou, C. (2012). Tense in Cypriot Greek Down Syndrome: Developmental Patterns and Coping Strategies. Three Factors and Beyond: The Socio-Syntax of (A)typical Language Acquisition and Development, Nicosia. (16–18 November 2012)

II. Outreach events

Workshop on April 9th, 2014: The International Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on March 21st. In order to mark this day and inform the wider community, we held a workshop at the University of Cyprus inviting parents, Special Education teachers and the broader academic community.
1. Information Session for Parents, University of Cyprus (17:00–19:00): 'Linguistic Development in Down Syndrome' [in Greek]
2. Open Public Lecture, University of Cyprus (19:00–20:30): 'Down Syndrome: Linguistic Development and the Role of Physiological and Cognitive
Restrictions'

Christodoulou, C. (2013). 'Linguistic Development in Down Syndrome and How Linguistic Difficulties Outline Evaluation and Intervention' [in Greek]. Ministry of Education and Culture, Information Session to Speech Language Pathologists and Special Education Teachers, Limassol. (16 December 2013)

III. Media exposure

World Down Syndrome Day: Article published in Cyprus Weekly, Health Section, p. 50 (15–21 March 2014)

Radio Interview: SuperFM Radio, 15:30 – 16:00, with Andy Panayiotou (21 March 2014)

TV Interview: Mega, Kalimera Kipros [Good Morning Cyprus], International Down Syndrome Day, 9:00–10:00, with Panayiotis Dimopoulos and Andrie Karandoni (21 March 2014)

Radio Interview: MyCy Radio 18:30–19:00, with Rosie Charalambous (20 March 2014) [listen/download]