Advances in Maltese Linguistics

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

Advances in Maltese Linguistics

Edited by: Benjamin Saade and Mauro Tosco

Volume 21 in the series Studia Typologica [STTYP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110565744

Overview
Contents

About this book

This volume is a collection of up-to-date articles on Maltese on all linguistic levels, demonstrating the variety of topics Maltese has to offer for linguists of all specializations.

Two diachronic studies discuss the early contact of Maltese and Sicilian Arabic (Avram) and the possible lexical influence of Occitan-Catalan on Maltese in the 13th-15th century (Biosca & Castellanos).
Fabri & Borg shed light on the rules that govern verb sequences in Maltese. Čéplö presents a corpus analysis of the syntactic and semantic properties of focus constructions in Maltese. Stolz & Ahrens analyze the behavior of prepositional phrases with identical heads under coordination.

Wilmsen & Al-Sayyed study the use of muš as a negator in Maltese and beyond. Puech presents a detailed phonological analysis of Maltese and Tunisian Arabic based on prosody, syllabic structure, and stress. Azzopardi-Alexander gives a fine-grained analysis of phonological features in Maltese English, placing speakers on a Maltese-English continuum. Sciriha takes a visual approach to multilingualism in Malta with her quantitative study of public and private signs.

Finally, Versteegh offers a thought-provoking perspective on the notion "mixed language" and its viability.

Author / Editor information

Benjamin Saade, Universität Bremen, Germany; Mauro Tosco, University of Turin, Italy

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Maltese linguistics: What is new? Benjamin Saade and Mauro Tosco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Part 1: New looks into the past
On the phonology of Sicilian Arabic and early Maltese Andrei A. Avram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Aspects of the comparison between Maltese, Mediterranean Lingua Franca and the Occitan-Catalan linguistic group (13th–15th centuries) Carles Biosca and Carles Castellanos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Part 2: Maltese, and just Maltese
Modifiers and complements within the Maltese verb sequence Ray Fabri and Albert Borg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Focus particles in Maltese: A corpus survey Slavomír “bulbul” Čéplö Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
On prepositional ellipsis and the factors which block its application in Maltese Thomas Stolz and Carolin Ahrens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Part 3: Beyond Maltese, now and then
Verbal negation with muš in Maltese and Eastern Mediterranean Arabics Amany Al-Sayyed and David Wilmsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Maltese kiteb vs. Tunisian (Sūsa) ktib A prosodic CV approach Gilbert Puech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
The phonetic study of speakers along the Maltese-English continuum Marie Azzopardi-Alexander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
The visibility and salience of Maltese in bilingual Malta’s linguistic landscape Lydia Sciriha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
The myth of the mixed languages Kees Versteegh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index of Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars interested in General Linguistics, Contact Linguistics, Arabic, Romance Languages, and Diachronic Linguistics
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 274
Keywords: Maltese; Language Contact; Arabic; Semitic Languages; Romance Languages

eBook

Published: September 25, 2017
ISBN: 9783110565744

Hardcover

Published: September 25, 2017
ISBN: 9783110562972