Introducing Maltese linguistics : selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, Bremen, 18-20 October, 2007 / edited by Bernard Comrie [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Comrie, Bernard, 1947-

ebrary, Inc.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Maltese Linguistics (1st : 2007 : Bremen, Germany)

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 113.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maltese language--Congresses.

Maltese language.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 422 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I. Typology. Maltese and the World atlas of language structures / Bernard Comrie

Part II. Phonology. Vowel duration and Maltese 'gh' / Elizabeth Hume [and others]

On Maltese prosody / Alexandra Vella

Part III. Syntax. Topicalisation in Maltese / Albert Borg & Marie Azzopardi-Alexander

A head-driven phrase structure grammar for Maltese / Stefan Müller

Complex predicates in Maltese: from a neo-Arabic perspective / Utz Maas

Splitting the verb chain in modern literary Maltese / Thomas Stolz

"Pseudo-verbs": an analysis of non-verbal (co- )predication in Maltese / John Peterson

Part IV. Lexicon and electronic resources. Compounding and adjective-noun compounds in Maltese / Ray Fabri

Auditory and visual lexical decision in Maltese / Adam Ussishkin and Alina Twist

Electronic language resources for Maltese / Michael Rosner

Part V. Language change and contact. The vowel system of Cantilena : its historical development / Sumikazu Yoda

The shaping of Maltese throughout the centuries: linguistic evidence from a diachronic-typological analysis / Laura Mori

"Imma l-origi̇nal oriġinali?": a noun-adjective opposition in some Maltese word-classes of Romance origin / Manwel Mifsud

A different kind of gender problem: Maltese loanword gender from a typological perspective / Christel Stolz

Terminology of Italian origin used in EU Maltese: a case of linguistic "Europeanisation"? / Sandro Caruana

Part VI. Sociolinguistics. Diglossia: variation on a theme / Antoinette Camilleri Grima

Maltese English: history of use, structural variation and sociolinguistic status / Lisa M. Bonnici.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789027290298

9027290296

Publisher Number:

99966610782

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.