The Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation) was founded in 1959 and its mission, as specified in its founder’s will, is the advance of science, the promotion of the Demotike Language and of Modern Greek philology as well as the promotion of Greek education in general. In this framework, the Institute, with its publications, has made a significant contribution to a wide range of scientific fields, including the study of the Greek language itself, the teaching of Greek, linguistics, and Ancient and Modern Greek philology.

 

Currently, G. M. Parassoglou acts as Chairman of the Board and G. Papanastassiou is the Institute’s Director. The Institute’s offices are located in room 418 of the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and in 152, Egnatia str., on the sixth floor, where the researchers and the friends of the Institute are always welcome.

 

Manolis Triandaphyllidis's archive, digitized and available on the "Digital Library" of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has a total of 12,632 documents. The study of this rich material, which Triandaphyllidis himself made sure to bequeath to us, reveals an equally exuberant, rare personality by Greek standards.

In all this richness it is difficult to identify a single cohesive element; the researcher of the archive, however, has the opportunity to trace the threads that run through M. Triandaphyllidis's life and work. This is facilitated with the Album (edited by B.-E. Melikidou) we are publishing today. Readers will not only retain in their memory the key milestones of M. Triandaphyllidis's life and discover unknown aspects of his personality, but also get a flavour of the spirit of his time.

The presentation follows thematic criteria and unfolds in fifteen sections, while keeping a basic chronological order. When transcribing the documents it was deemed necessary to modernize the spelling.

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The Album

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Manolis Triandaphyllidis' family

Manolis Triandaphyllidis

Letters

Works

 

A. Delmouzos, «Ο συνεργάτης», στο Μελέτες και Πάρεργα [«The fellow worker», in Studies and Works at the Sidelines], vol. 1, Athens, 1958, p. 92. Reprinted in Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης (1883-1959) [Manolis Triandaphyllidis (1883-1959)], Thessaloniki, 1983, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, p. 13.

That expert linguist had to be found, skilled, though, not only in promoting science for its own sake, but also for meeting the needs of social life, so as to provide a realistic basis for all those efforts, which reflected a more universal desire and need, a need that was national indeed. Herein lies Triandaphyllidis’ significant contribution. Amidst a heated controversy over language, he managed to grasp the fluidity surrounding the language issues of our time and systematize the common key points, which lay the foundation for a vivid written language; a language capable of expressing not only the author’s inner world, but also the diverse needs of the intellectual and social life as a whole.

E. Venezis, «Ο άνθρωπος και η εποχή του» [«The man and his era»], Νέα Εστία 66, 1959, pp. 1400-1. Reprinted in Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης (1883-1959) [Manolis Triandaphyllidis (1883-1959)], Thessaloniki, 1983, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, p. 14.

The debt my generation owes to Manolis Triandaphyllidis is too great to be calculated. At a time of anarchy with regard to Demoticism, when, eager to contribute to literature, we sought for the norm, the discipline of a grammar which did not yet exist, Manolis Triandaphyllidis stood by us, gave us the grammar we were looking for, and helped us transcend the futile struggle for words and focus on the essence of literature: the quest for style.

E. Papanoutsos, «Ο Τριανταφυλλίδης και η παιδεία μας», στο Μνήμη Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη. Είκοσι χρόνια από το θάνατό του [«Triandaphyllidis and our education», in In memoriam Manolis Triandaphyllidis. Twenty years since his death], Thessaloniki, 1979, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 55-56.

 

Contemplating Manolis Triandaphyllidis’ fifty-year labor from the perspective of today as well as the fruit it bore, it could be said that his contribution lies at the interface between the history of our language and the history of our education. It belongs equally to both. […] He loved nothing else, thought of nothing else, strove for nothing else other than how to get to know this vivid language better, how to take stock of its treasures, how to formulate its rules - not as a historian, a lexicographer or a grammarian interested in his research object per se, but as a master of the Nation who knows the role language plays in the life of humans and nations […].

I. Th. Kakridis, «Το κείμενο του κ. Ι. Θ. Κακριδή», στο Μνήμη Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη. Είκοσι χρόνια από το θάνατό του [«I. Th. Kakridis’ text», in In memoriam Manolis Triandaphyllidis. Twenty years since his death], Thessaloniki, 1979, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 13-14.

 

In his attempt to establish the language of the Greek people, Triandaphyllidis was told off by his opponents! They questioned not only his expertise, but also his good faith and patriotism. In the swirl of the passions stirred up by language, and even when the polemic against him reared its head in all its sinisterness, Triandaphyllidis managed to practice moderation, by never losing his composure and by avoiding any personal attack, although he had every right to respond in a violent way too. But violence was alien to his nature.

S. V. Kougeas, «Το ήθος του Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη» [«Manolis Triandaphyllidis’ ethos»], Νέα Εστία 66, 1959, p. 1399. Reprinted in Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης (1883-1959) [Manolis Triandaphyllidis (1883-1959)], Thessaloniki, 1983, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, p. 16.

 

And we, the Members of the Academy who did not want a scientist and a man like Triandaphyllidis to become our fellow worker, may be called immortals, but we are going to die and fade into oblivion. Manolis Triandaphyllidis, however, with his wisdom, his work, his ethos and his courageous acts, the most courageous one being the donation of his property to the University of Thessaloniki for national educational purposes, will always be remembered by the generations of Greek scientists to come as a paragon of virtue and a role model.

A. Tsopanakis, «Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης. Είκοσι χρόνια από τον θάνατό του», στο Μνήμη Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη. Είκοσι χρόνια από το θάνατό του [«Manolis Triandaphyllidis. Twenty years since his death», in In memoriam Manolis Triandaphyllidis. Twenty years since his death], Thessaloniki, 1979, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 19-26.

 

Αllow me to express the view that it is precisely Triandaphyllidis’ self-sacrifice that I consider to be his greatest contribution: namely, the fact that, despite being able to do first-class scientific work on theoretical linguistics (and having proved his mettle at that), of the kind that enables one to make a name for themselves internationally and acquire a flattering luster, he chose to work on the secondary, the practical problems of a much more restricted field, that of Demoticism and education. He did so, in spite of the fact that he was exposed to conflicts and confrontations with the proponents of Katharevousa on a daily basis, and subjected to numerous worries, unjustified resentment and animosity, which haunted him till the end of his life.

D. N. Maronitis, «Η προσλαλιά του κ. Δ. Ν. Μαρωνίτη», στο Μνήμη Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη. Είκοσι χρόνια από το θάνατό του [«D. N. Maronitis’ address», in In Memoriam Manolis Triandaphyllidis. Twenty years since his death], Thessaloniki, 1979, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 17-18.

 

Triandaphyllidis’ name is instantly associated with our the language issue; this association is justifiable, though it substantially narrows down the perspective as regards our ability to duly appreciate the man and his work. The passionate linguist, who labored, as has been aptly written, to broaden the scope of Demoticism from literature to education, the researcher of Modern Greek, who wished to transform the dogmatic school subject of Modern Greek into a subject of national self-awareness and Modern Greek culture, did not see Demotic Greek as an end in itself. He appreciated it as the main, most significant and creative tool of a people that has the right, through talking and acting, to freely determine, at some point, their destiny.

M. Setatos, «Ο Τριανταφυλλίδης και η εξέλιξη της γλωσσολογίας», στο Τιμητικές εκδηλώσεις για τα εκατό χρόνια από τη γέννηση του Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη [«Triandaphyllidis and the evolution of linguistics», in Celebrating one hundred years since the birth of Manolis Triandaphyllidis], Thessaloniki, 1987, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 53-58.

Triandaphyllidis’ intellectual, official, writing and teaching activity occurs mainly in the following fields: historical and synchronic grammar (his doctorate thesis on loans in Medieval Greek, studies of language phenomena in Modern Greek), the language issue and its history, language in social life (social dialects, stylistics), special languages, lexicology and linguistic geography, applied linguistics, textbooks on the teaching of language and its history, struggles for the establishment of Demotic Greek. [...] we could, I believe, acknowledge that the observations, the adjustments and the recommendations he made for Standard Modern Greek as well as his far-sighted predictions about the language developments concerning our language were fulfilled, and were or are verified to a large extent, which demonstrates his tremendous contribution to our intellectual history.

"I am drawing up my will so that, even after my death, my small property can contribute to the continuation of the work I consider of utmost importance for the promotion of our national culture and for the intellectual progress of our people. […] I want Greek children to benefit from my property, because they are the ones suffering due to the language confusion that predominates in our education and our life."

With these words, Manolis Triandaphyllidis justifies, in the will he drew up in May 1956, his decision to bequeath his property to the University of Thessaloniki so that the Institute that now bears his name can be founded. He himself stipulates that the Institute’s aim should be “the advance of science and the promotion of Demotic Greek and Modern Greek philology as well as the promotion of the education of the Greek people by every means available, and more specifically, through the publication of books […]”.

The great professors of the University, N. P Andriotis, I. Th. Kakridis, St. Kapsomenos, Emm. Kriaras, L. Politis, A. Tsopanakis and Ch. Fragistas were called upon to fulfill his wish. They formed the Institute’s first Board of Directors , in accordance with Triandaphyllidis’ will. The lawyer Mr. Ch. Christidis, M. Triandaphyllidis’ close friend and executor of his will, also played a key role in the Institute’s future. M. Andronikos, I. Deligiannis, D. Iakov, D. Lipourlis, I. Manoledakis, D. N. Maronitis, St. Matthaios, P. Moullas, N. Papandoniou, G. Savidis, M. Setatos, G. Sifakis, K. Tsantsanoglou and A.-F. Christidis have also been members of the Board of Directors .

In the first decade since the Institute’s inception the publication of the Collected Works of M. Triandaphyllidis was completed. In the following years the Institute undertook the publication of significant works on the Greek language, such as N. P. Andriotis, Etymological dictionary of standard Modern Greek, two books on the history of the Greek Language by N. P. Andriotis and St. Kapsomenos, and A. Mirambel, The Modern Greek language. The Institute also began publishing translations of linguistic textbooks, such as A. Martinet’s Elements of general linguistics, and launched its series of books on the teaching of Modern Greek as a second/foreign language with the volume entitled Modern Greek for learners.

At the same time, during the early years of the regime change, the Institute, with its status and especially with its publications, contributed to the establishment of Demotic Greek and the implementation of the principles of the 1976 language-educational reform (the preparation of the first school grammar of Demotic Greek, the adaptation of state documents to the new official language etc.). Furthermore, it undertook the compilation of a dictionary of Modern Greek, which was eventually published two decades later. However, already in 1986 a sample of the dictionary containing the letters Ζ (zeta), Η (eta), Θ (theta), Ι (iota) is published, whose influence becomes immediately evident in the field of Modern Greek lexicography.

The completion and publication of the Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek in 1998 marked the beginning of a new era, as the Institute, now unham-pered by work on the Dictionary, planed and implemented a broader publishing agenda, always in the spirit of Triandaphyllidis' philosophy and wishes. A series of university textbooks is created, the series of linguistic textbooks is continued, significant philological publications are added and the activity in the field of the teaching of Modern Greek as a second-foreign language is expanded. The Concise Grammar of Modern Greek is translated and published in 14 languages. The Institute also participates in the publication of the History of the Greek Language: From its beginnings to late antiquity, edited by A. F. Christidis, in collaboration with the Center for the Greek Language. The series entitled «Αρχαιογνωσία και αρχαιογλωσσία στη Μέση Εκπαίδευση» [Archaiognosia and Archaioglossia in Secondary Education] once again brings the Institute close to the students and teachers of Secondary Education. Finally, the first volumes of a series containing texts of the early Modern Greek literature (edited by A. van Gemert and G. Kechagioglou) are published.

Over the past years, the foundations of research activity in the fields of Modern and Ancient Greek dialectology are laid, on the occasion of the preparation of the volumes Modern Greek Dialects, edited by Ch. Tzitzilis, and Ancient Greek Dialects, edited by Ch. Tzitzilis and A. Bartonek. This activity has established the Institute as the leading dialect research centre in Northern Greece. The Institute is also preparing the translation of the voluminous Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Greek by P. Chantraine (edited by D. Christidis & G. Papanastassiou). The Institute of Modern Greek Studies is directed by a seven-member Board of Directors , now formed by Professors G. M. Parassoglou, Chr. Tzitzilis, G. Kechagioglou, Th.-S Pavlidou and V. Kalfas from the Faculty of Philosophy, and by Professor N. Paraskevopoulos from the Faculty of Law.

Currently, G. M. Parassoglou acts as Chairman of the Board of Directors and G. Papanastassiou is the Institute’s Director. The Institute’s offices are located in room 418 of the New Building of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and in 152, Egnatia str., on the sixth floor, where the researchers and the friends of the Institute are always welcome.

  Administrative Structure – Organization chart

• The Institute is directed by a seven-member Board of Directors , which constitutes its supreme administrative body and is responsible for addressing all the issues concerning the Institute.
• The President and Director of the Institute are responsible for the implementation of the decisions reached by the Board of Directors and for the monitoring of the Institute’s finances. The President and the Director are assisted in their duties by the Secretary and the Treasurer.
• The Institute's Organization chart is as follows.

 

The Institute's Organization chart

 

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Chairman

G. M. Parassoglou, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th.

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Chr. Tzitzilis, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th.

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G. Kechagioglou, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th.
Th.-S. Pavlidou, Professor Emerita at the A.U.Th.
N. Paraskevopoulos, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th.
V. Kalfas, Professor Emeritus at the A.U.Th.
A. Revythiadou, Professor at the A.U.Th.

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G. Papanastassiou

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Emm. Kriaras, «Μανόλης Τριανταφυλλίδης», in Ερευνητικά [Research Issues], Thessaloniki, 2006, Institute of Modern Greek Studies, pp. 210-218.

M. Triandaphyllidis (1909) «[…] Triandaphyllidis was born in 1883. His mother, of the Rodokanaki family, came from Chios. His father came from Kozani, Macedonia. While still in high school he became interested in linguistic and educational issues. In 1900, under pressure from his father, he enrolled in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Athens. With the encouragement of his mother, he abandoned the study of mathematics and enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy of the same University. He was a student of the linguist G. Chatzidakis, under whose guidance he acquired a more scientific knowledge of the language of the Greek people. Later, freed from the purist ideology of the Faculty, his family, and the wider social milieu, he embraced Demoticism, of which he soon became a fervent advocate. He was particularly influenced by the teachings of linguistics, but also by his readings in general. Apparently, a notable speech of the time concerning the language issue also had a profound impact on him; I mean the lecture by Elisaios Gianidis, an eminent scholar and a dedicated proponent of Demotic Greek in the early 20th century. [...]

Triandaphyllidis departed for Germany in 1905, having published the first volume of his Ξενηλασία ή ισοτέλεια; [Xenelasia or isoteleia?], which addressed the issue of the use of foreign words in Modern Greek. Although Triandaphyllidis is already an enlightened proponent of Demotic Greek, the book is written in Katharevousa, which was typical of the time. [...]

Triandaphyllidis stays as a student in Munich for one semester. The following year, he sets off for Heidelberg. There, he attends courses during the summer semester. Upon returning to Munich, he continues his studies for four more semesters, until July 1908. He attended courses in Linguistics, Byzantinology (with Krumbacher), Ancient Literature, Philosophy and Pedagogics. He became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1908, and his thesis, completed in 1909, was published under the title Die Lehnwörter der mittelgriechischen Vulgärliteratur. He then toured Switzerland, visiting schools and gaining further experience in educational practices. He also attended some of Albert Thumb’s classes in Marburg.

In 1907 Triandaphyllidis traveled to Paris with the added, but essential to him, desire to meet Psycharis, something which was realised on 10 Octo-ber of that year. The relationship between Triandaphyllidis and Psycharis is worth noting, both in terms of its more personal aspects and in terms of their convergence on the purely language theorizing level. Thus, we will also be able to understand the final adaptation of Demoticism to Modern Greek reality. Of course, this adaptation was accomplished not only by Triandaphyllidis himself, but also by Alekos Delmouzos and Dimitris Glinos, each with their own personal contribution to the common cause. [...]

M. Triandaphyllidis parents, Alexandros and Ioulia (1882) Upon settling permanently in Greece in 1912, after the completion of his studies and following some in-between journeys to England and Paris, Tri-andaphyllidis undertook fundamental work among the most eminent mem-bers of the so-called "Εκπαιδευτικός Όμιλος" [Educational Group]. In 1913, he was appointed associate researcher in the Historical dictionary of the Greek Language [of the Academy of Athens], a post he held until 5 June 1917. Soon afterwards he became one of the three champions of the educational reform [the other two being D. Glinos and A. Delmouzos], which was already under way, and was appointed senior supervisor of primary education, in cooperation with A. Delmouzos. He was confronted, as was the educational reform in its totality, with opponents on both sides: the radical proponents of Demotic Greek on the one hand, and the proponents of Katharevousa on the other. The latter even described him as a "Psycharicist".

As supervisor of primary education he traveled to various European countries in 1920 on a special mission. He was forced to resign his post after Venizelos’ failure to win the 1920 election. As a result, the 1917 short-lived educational reform collapsed. Along with other leading members of the reform he was removed from all state education posts, and for two or three years the purist ideology, unconditional and uncritical, reigned su-preme in the primary education of the Greeks.

Disappointed and despondent, as was only natural, Triandaphyllidis de-parted for Germany, where he stayed from 1921 to 1923. Upon returning to Greece, he was employed at the Folklore Archive of the Academy of Athens. Only after the 1922 revolution and the subsequent regime change would educational Demoticism become active again, though for only a limited pe-riod of time. In 1923 Triandaphyllidis was reinstated in his post as senior su-pervisor of primary education. [...]

In 1926 he was appointed professor at the University of Thessaloniki, a post which he held until 18 January 1935, when he resigned in order to devote himself exclusively to the completion of his Grammar. All in all, he worked as a university professor for only eight years (late 1926-early 1935). [...]

The proponents of Demotic Greek at the time rightly saw that there should be a grammar of Demotic based on the written language, supple-mented with certain purist terms. Triandaphyllidis wished to compile such a grammar, and had in fact prepared most of it, when prime minister Metaxas appointed him head of a committee to formulate a definitive grammar of Demotic Greek.

In compiling his Grammar, Triandaphyllidis relied on the vernacular, but accepted up to a point, as far as the vocabulary was concerned, the state the common language had reached after decades of the use of Katharevousa. In a sense, his Grammar ‘legitimized’ the compromise reached by the educational reform of 1917-1920. He was aware, however, that the further development of Demotic Greek would have the final word on the matter. And he was right.

Even after the publication of his Grammar, Triandaphyllidis continued contributing both to the field of language research and to the efforts made to enlighten educators and the general public on language issues. He be-came a brilliant popularizer of ideas, a beloved teacher, a fearless but courteous champion, and a person with remarkable organizational skills. He is rightly honored by the younger generations of scientists and scholars – assuming, of course, that they are in a position to appreciate his life’s work. [...]

In 1945, he travels to Egypt, where he spends three months studying the educational issues of the country’s expatriate Hellenism.

M. Triandaphyllidis at a ripe age

In 1948-49, still a tough time for our country, he, unjustifiably I think, applied for a chair in Linguistics in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Athens. By doing so, Triandaphyllidis gave his critics the opportunity to express themselves the way they did. They called him "a criminal" and "a troublemaker". In the words of one such critic, "he lured his country’s education to its doom".

In the same year (1949), driven by unrealistic thoughts, or perhaps only to force the Academy to reach a decision, Triandaphyllidis applies for a chair in Linguistics; however, the Academy comes to the decision not to fill the vacant position.

The conservative voices, with their well-known outdated arguments, con-tinued to be heard, but so were also the voices of demoticists who pro-tested about the then current language regime. Eventually, after the over-throw of the military junta, the language controversy came to an end when Demotic Greek became by law the sole language of education and admini-stration in 1976. In fact, the dictatorship itself contributed to this with the foolish and unreasonable measures it imposed concerning the official lan-guage and the education policy.

Triandaphyllidis also considered the future of language education in Greece. He founded the Institute of Modern Greek Studies in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Thessaloniki, which was rightly given the additional name ‘Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation".»

The Institute aims to promote the scientific study and the diffusion of the Greek language according to the specifications set in M. Triandaphyllidis' will and in the Institute's Founding Act.

More specifically, the activities of the Institute include:

• the theoretical and applied, disciplinary and interdisciplinary research in the fields of Greek language and philology;
• the synchronic and diachronic study of the Greek language;
• the collection of sources and the compilation of corpora for the study of the Greek language and literature;
• the publication, by whatever means available, of scientific studies pertaining to the Greek language and literature;
• the reinforcement of the teaching of the Greek language, both as a first and as a second/foreign language, as well as the promotion of the Greek language abroad.

Moreover, the activities of the Institute include:

• the filing, the publication and the promotion of the work of the Institute's founder;
• the implementation of short- and long-term research projects pertaining to the Institute's goals and objectives;
• the assignment to third parties and the supervision of research projects pertaining to the Institute's goals and objectives;
• the collaboration with foundations, institutions and various organizations of identical or similar scientific interests, in Greece, in the European Union, or in other countries, and the participation in research projects implemented by these agencies;
• the organization of conferences, scientific symposiums, lectures, workshops, seminars and various other activities pertaining to the Institute's goals and objectives, as well as the publication of their findings;
• the awarding of scholarships for studies pertaining to the Institute's goals and objectives.

Finally, according to its founder’s will, the Institute aims to promote the education of the Greek people by whatever means available.