Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society

Published by Akademie Verlag 2011

Variation and Change

The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society

Edited by: Sandro Caruana , Ray Fabri and Thomas Stolz

Volume 9 in the series Studia Typologica [STTYP]

https://doi.org/10.1524/9783050057200

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Contents

About this book

The twelve contributions to this collection of articles focus on variation and change in the lexicon, morphology, syntax and phonology of Maltese. Various aspects of lectal variation are addressed: the properties of sociolects, technolects, regional varieties, and different registers of present-day Maltese are discussed. On-going changes are looked at in several of the papers. The questions of whether or not there is a typical Maltese EU-variety or a distinct sociolect spoken by the younger generation are raised. Not all of the phenomena which attest variation can be ascribed to the sociolinguistic sphere. Morpho-syntactic issues like the definition of clitics, the causative-inchoative alternation and the employment of the possessive relative clause are linked more closely to structural and functional factors. Suprasegmental issues like the use of pauses in spoken Maltese and the syllable structure of Maltese are scrutinized as well. These topics are complemented by dialectological studies, investigations of the pragmatics of Maltese and the description of literary Maltese. The range of topics covered in this collection proves that it is worth the while studying Maltese from the perspective of general linguistics.

Author / Editor information

Prof Sandro Caruana, Head of Department, Department of Arts and Languages in Education, University of Malta Prof Ray Fabri, Chairman and Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta Prof. Thomas Stolz, PhD, Department of Language Sciences, University of Bremen

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Front Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Lectal variation in Maltese^* Albert Borg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Describing literary Maltese: concordances to Dun Karm and Rużar Briffa Joseph M. Brincat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Giving compliments in Maltese Antoinette Camilleri Grima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Il-Malti Mghaggel: Maltese in computer-mediated chat conversations Lara Brincat and Sandro Caruana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
The language of young people and language change in Maltese Ray Fabri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
Linguistic variation in legal Maltese: EU directives compared to national implementation laws^* Laura Mori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Part II: Morphology and Syntax
Part II: Morphology and Syntax
On pronominal verbal enclitics in Maltese Maris Camilleri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Part II: Morphology and Syntax
The causative-inchoative alternation in Maltese^* Michael Spagnol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Part II: Morphology and Syntax
The possessive relative clause in Maltese^* Thomas Stolz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Part III: Phonology
Part III: Phonology
The vowel systems of Xlukkajr and Naduri^* Marie Azzopardi-Alexander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Part III: Phonology
A preliminary investigation of filled pauses in Maltese^* Alexandra Vella, Michael Spagnol, Sarah Grech and Flavia Chetcuti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Part III: Phonology
Syllabic structure and stress in Maltese Gilbert Puech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Back Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Akademie Verlag
Audience: Sprachwissenschaftler
Pages
- Main content: 326
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 9

eBook

Published: September 25, 2012
ISBN: 9783050057200

Hardcover

Published: December 7, 2011
ISBN: 9783050056487