Dr Paraskevi Thomou is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Greece and director of the Research Laboratory on Language and Literature in Education (EMEGLO). Her research interests include vocabulary and phraseology of Modern Greek, learning and teaching of vocabulary and teaching of the Greek language. More specifically, she has published research on figurative language and teaching and has written two books: “Lexical issues of the Greek language: theory and applications” (2023) and “Dictionary of contemporary phraseologisms of the Greek language” (2026). She has published in international journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings.

She is the coordinator of the research project “Online Dictionary of Phraseologisms” and member of the Ingenium Education Lab project “Bridging in-school and out-of-school literacy practices: a useful online toolkit for the teacher”. She has been the coordinator of the research projects “Compilation of a thesaurus of phrasal patterns of Modern Greek” and “Phraseology realization in a Modern Greek language corpus” and has participated as a partner at the “Global teacher Education” Erasmus+ project and “Teach for integration” project as a coordinator of the module “Teaching Greek as a second language”. For many years in the past she has participated in the project “Greek language education abroad” in compiling books, a dictionary (Λεξικό περιφράσεων (uoc.gr), and educational material, printed and digital.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: Vocabulary learning and teaching, Language teaching, Phraseology, Metaphor (analysis, learning and teaching)

Research Projects

• Online Dictionary of Greek Phraseologisms (OnDiPhra) | Special Acount for Research Funds of University of Crete
• Bridging in-school and out-of-school literacy practices: A useful online toolkit for the teacher |Ingenium Education Lab
• Compilation of a thesaurus of phrasal patterns |Special Acount for Research Funds of University of Crete
• Global Teacher Education (GatherED) | Erasmus+ KA220-HED
• Teach for Integration | UNICEF
• Teacher training for refugees | UNICEF
• Phraseology realization in a Modern Greek language corpus | Special Acount for Research Funds of University of Crete
• Teaching Greek to Greek Diaspora (Ελληνόγλωσση Πρωτοβάθμια και Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση στη Διασπορά) | Education and Lifelong Learning NSRF: National and European funds
• Greek Diaspora education (Παιδεία Ομογενών) | Education and Lifelong Learning NSRF: National and European funds