Dimitrios Meletis

Dimitrios Meletis is a linguist affiliated with the University of Vienna, with prior roles as a postdoc at the University of Zurich and predoc at the University of Graz, where he earned his PhD. His research spans grapholinguistics, linguistic normativity, and digital communication pragmatics, integrating structuralism, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics.

Education:

• PhD in Linguistics, University of Graz
• M.A. and B.A. in Linguistics and Russian

His work addresses writing systems as semiotic systems, processing mediums, and communication instruments, emphasizing systematic fit, linguistic fit, processing fit, and sociocultural fit. Recent articles focus on phonographic systems, normativity in digital discourse, and typological frameworks.

Scientific Awards:

• DOC Fellowship (2017–2020), Austrian Academy of Sciences
• APART-GSK Fellowship (2023–2027), Austrian Academy of Sciences
• LACUS Presidents’ Prize for Best Paper (2019, 2021)
• Best Peer-reviewed Publication on Master’s Thesis (2015), University of Graz

He has supervised bachelor theses on grapholinguistics and negation, co-organized international workshops, and taught courses at the LSA Summer Institutes (2023, 2025). His editorial roles include co-editing the Handbook of Germanic Writing Systems and Literacies and serving on the editorial boards of Grapholinguistics and Its Applications and Written Language & Literacy.