BA in English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1968).
Postgraduate studies in Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, England (1982-83).
Postgraduate Diploma in Education, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1989).
Ph.D. in Linguistics, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1996).
Scientific areas of interest: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis, Interlanguage, Rhetoric, Figures of Speech (Metaphor, Simile, etc.), Idioms, Translation, Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Comparative Education.
Bolla-Mavrides, V., 1988, The Upper Level of Secondary Education in Norway and Greece: A Comparative Study. Thessaloniki.
Bolla-Mavrides, V., 1989, An Analysis of Errors Committed by Greek Learners of English in Verb Forms, Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. I, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bolla-Mavrides, V., 1990, An Analysis of Errors Committed by Greek Learners of English in Prepositions, Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. II., School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bolla-Mavrides, V., 1991-92, An Analysis of Errors Committed by Greek Learners of English in Phrasal Verbs, Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. III, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bolla-Mavrides, V., 1991-92, A Comparative Study of the Educational Systems in Greece and Norway, Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. III, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bolla-Mavrides, V.,, 1996, A Contrastive Study of the Cliché Similes in the Greek and English Language. (Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the Department of Philology, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).
Bolla-Mavrides, V., The Theories of Aristotle and the Pre-Aristotle Philosophers concerning Simile and Comparison, Working Papers in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Vol. IV, Department of English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (in press).
Bolla-Mavrides, V., The Influence of Religion, Mythology, and Popular Tradition on the Greek and English Cliché Similes, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (in press).
Bolla-Mavrides, V., The Simile in the Homeric Epics and in the Modern Greek Language. (Accepted for presentation at the 1997 International Conference of EUROCLASSICA in Chios, Greece).
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