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Maltese Linguistics on the Danube
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2020
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This volume brings together a dozen papers on various aspects of Maltese, relevant also for the study of related languages and general descriptive and typological linguistics.
The diachronic section begins with an analysis of the place of Maltese in its North African context (Souag). Avram and van Putten then provide analyses of the development of Maltese phonological inventory, the former discussing obstruent devoicing, the latter tracing the evolution of Maltese short vowels. Sumikazu examines a type of circumstantial clause in Maltese and the section concludes with a description of a digital etymological lexicon of Maltese (Gatt).
Turning to syntax, Borg and Amaira analyze agreement mismatch in a number of syntactic constructions, Fabri discusses argument extension and Čéplö and Lucas examine the role of the focus particle lanqas in Maltese negation. Stolz and Levkovych provide a thorough analysis of the syntax and semantics of Maltese prepositions, while Schmidt, Vorholt and Witt offer a quantitative study of their distribution and use.
Closing out the volume, Alexander examines in detail the phonetics of Maltese affricated stops, while Ellul and Galea analyze the epenthetic vowel alternation in the Maltese definite article.
The diachronic section begins with an analysis of the place of Maltese in its North African context (Souag). Avram and van Putten then provide analyses of the development of Maltese phonological inventory, the former discussing obstruent devoicing, the latter tracing the evolution of Maltese short vowels. Sumikazu examines a type of circumstantial clause in Maltese and the section concludes with a description of a digital etymological lexicon of Maltese (Gatt).
Turning to syntax, Borg and Amaira analyze agreement mismatch in a number of syntactic constructions, Fabri discusses argument extension and Čéplö and Lucas examine the role of the focus particle lanqas in Maltese negation. Stolz and Levkovych provide a thorough analysis of the syntax and semantics of Maltese prepositions, while Schmidt, Vorholt and Witt offer a quantitative study of their distribution and use.
Closing out the volume, Alexander examines in detail the phonetics of Maltese affricated stops, while Ellul and Galea analyze the epenthetic vowel alternation in the Maltese definite article.
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Slavomír Čéplö, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Jaroslav Drobný, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Preface
VII - Part I: Historical Linguistics
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Maltese and North African linguistics: Common roots and areal divergence
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The diachrony of word-final obstruent devoicing in Maltese
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The history of the Maltese short vowels
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An observation on the ḥāl construction in Maltese
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Minsel. An etymological database for lexemes of Arabic origin in Maltese
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Will it agree or not? Syntactic overgeneralization leading to agreement mismatches in Maltese
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Argument extension in Maltese
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Lanqas, negative concord and predicate negation in Maltese
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From variation towards the grammar of Maltese prepositions – first steps
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Form and behavior of Maltese prepositions – A usage-based approach
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To be or not to be an affricate – affricated stops in Maltese
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Revisiting the definite article in Maltese
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Index of Authors
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Index of Languages
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Index of Subjects
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eBook published on:
May 5, 2020
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9783110672268
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May 5, 2020
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9783110672176
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Front matter:
8
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322
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32
Tables:
55
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars interested in General Linguistics, Contact Linguistic, Typology and Arabic and Romance Languages.
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