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Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey
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Slavomír “bulbul” Čéplö
Abstract
This paper examines the semantics and syntax of Maltese focus particles, function words that mediate the focus-background construction, by analyzing their distribution, scope and function and by investigating their relationship to other syntactic phenomena such as coordination and negation.
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Abstract
This paper examines the semantics and syntax of Maltese focus particles, function words that mediate the focus-background construction, by analyzing their distribution, scope and function and by investigating their relationship to other syntactic phenomena such as coordination and negation.
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Maltese linguistics: What is new? vii
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Part 1: New looks into the past
- On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese 3
- Aspects of the comparison between Maltese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca and the Occitan-Catalan linguistic group (13th–15th centuries) 39
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Part 2: Maltese, and just Maltese
- Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence 67
- Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey 87
- On prepositional ellipsis and the factors which block its application in Maltese 121
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Part 3: Beyond Maltese, now and then
- Verbal negation with muš in Maltese and Eastern Mediterranean Arabics 151
- Maltese kiteb vs. Tunisian (Sūsa) ktib 173
- The phonetic study of speakers along the Maltese-English continuum 193
- The visibility and salience of Maltese in bilingual Malta’s linguistic landscape 225
- The myth of the mixed languages 245
- Index of Authors 267
- Index of Languages 271
- Index of Subjects 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Maltese linguistics: What is new? vii
-
Part 1: New looks into the past
- On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese 3
- Aspects of the comparison between Maltese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca and the Occitan-Catalan linguistic group (13th–15th centuries) 39
-
Part 2: Maltese, and just Maltese
- Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence 67
- Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey 87
- On prepositional ellipsis and the factors which block its application in Maltese 121
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Part 3: Beyond Maltese, now and then
- Verbal negation with muš in Maltese and Eastern Mediterranean Arabics 151
- Maltese kiteb vs. Tunisian (Sūsa) ktib 173
- The phonetic study of speakers along the Maltese-English continuum 193
- The visibility and salience of Maltese in bilingual Malta’s linguistic landscape 225
- The myth of the mixed languages 245
- Index of Authors 267
- Index of Languages 271
- Index of Subjects 273
