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Shifts and patterns in Maltese /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Puech, G. (Gilbert) (Editor ), Saade, Benjamin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, Mouton, [2016]
©2016
Colección:Studia typologica ; v. 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.