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Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence

  • Ray Fabri and Albert Borg
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Advances in Maltese Linguistics
This chapter is in the book Advances in Maltese Linguistics

Abstract

One of the salient features of Maltese syntax is the occurrence of a sequence of inflected verbal predicates. Starting with an in-depth analysis of the relationship between specific pairs of predicates, we aim to account for the range of possible combinations within the sequence. We analyze the semanticsyntactic relation between pairs of verbal predicates, V1 and V2, with V1 being a motion verb. As well as providing an insight into the nature of verbal chains, this analysis serves to explore the theoretical notions of modifier and complement in Maltese.

Abstract

One of the salient features of Maltese syntax is the occurrence of a sequence of inflected verbal predicates. Starting with an in-depth analysis of the relationship between specific pairs of predicates, we aim to account for the range of possible combinations within the sequence. We analyze the semanticsyntactic relation between pairs of verbal predicates, V1 and V2, with V1 being a motion verb. As well as providing an insight into the nature of verbal chains, this analysis serves to explore the theoretical notions of modifier and complement in Maltese.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Maltese linguistics: What is new? vii
  4. Part 1: New looks into the past
  5. On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese 3
  6. Aspects of the comparison between Maltese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca and the Occitan-Catalan linguistic group (13th–15th centuries) 39
  7. Part 2: Maltese, and just Maltese
  8. Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence 67
  9. Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey 87
  10. On prepositional ellipsis and the factors which block its application in Maltese 121
  11. Part 3: Beyond Maltese, now and then
  12. Verbal negation with muš in Maltese and Eastern Mediterranean Arabics 151
  13. Maltese kiteb vs. Tunisian (Sūsa) ktib 173
  14. The phonetic study of speakers along the Maltese-English continuum 193
  15. The visibility and salience of Maltese in bilingual Malta’s linguistic landscape 225
  16. The myth of the mixed languages 245
  17. Index of Authors 267
  18. Index of Languages 271
  19. Index of Subjects 273
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110565744-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Maltese linguistics: What is new? vii
  4. Part 1: New looks into the past
  5. On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese 3
  6. Aspects of the comparison between Maltese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca and the Occitan-Catalan linguistic group (13th–15th centuries) 39
  7. Part 2: Maltese, and just Maltese
  8. Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence 67
  9. Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey 87
  10. On prepositional ellipsis and the factors which block its application in Maltese 121
  11. Part 3: Beyond Maltese, now and then
  12. Verbal negation with muš in Maltese and Eastern Mediterranean Arabics 151
  13. Maltese kiteb vs. Tunisian (Sūsa) ktib 173
  14. The phonetic study of speakers along the Maltese-English continuum 193
  15. The visibility and salience of Maltese in bilingual Malta’s linguistic landscape 225
  16. The myth of the mixed languages 245
  17. Index of Authors 267
  18. Index of Languages 271
  19. Index of Subjects 273
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