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Title Shifts and patterns in Maltese / edited by Gilbert Puech, Benjamin Saade
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, Mouton, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 393 pages)
Series Studia typologica ; v. 19
Studia typologica ; v. 19.
Contents Preface ; From Maltese phonology to morphogenesis: A tribute to David Cohen ; Part I: Phonology ; Minimalist representation of Maltese sounds ; Phonological changes in Maltese: Evidence from onomastics
Lengthening as a discourse strategy in Maltese: Phonetic and phonological characteristics Part II: Morphology & Syntax ; How inflectional morphology meets subcategorization frame distinctions in Maltese ; The origin of differential object marking in Maltese
Polar interrogative -š in Maltese: Developments and antecedents On short and long forms of personal pronouns in Maltese ; Connecting /t/ in Maltese numerals ; Part III: Contact, Bilingualism & Technology ; Languages in contact ; Maltese loanword typology
Language profiling: The weaving of Maltese and English in Maltese children's conversations Digitizing the grammar and vocabulary of Maltese ; Index of Authors ; Index of Languages ; Index of Subjects
Summary As an Arabic language with a heavily mixed Semitic-Romance-English lexicon, Maltese serves as a laboratory for linguistic research on questions of variation, typological classification, bilingualism, and language contact. In this book, studies on phonological, morphological, and syntactic variation are complemented by investigations on bilingual practices on Malta, aspects of language technology, and language contact
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Maltese language -- Variation
Maltese language -- Morphology
Maltese language -- Phonology
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
Language and languages
Maltese language -- Morphology
Maltese language -- Phonology
SUBJECT Malta -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080209
Subject Malta
Form Electronic book
Author Puech, G. (Gilbert), editor.
Saade, Benjamin, editor.
ISBN 9783110496376
3110496372
9783110493009
3110493004