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Variation and change : the dynamics of Maltese in space, time and society / Sandro Caruana, Ray Fabri and Thomas Stolz, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Maltese Linguistics (2nd : 2009 : Bremen, Germany)
- Series:
- Studia typologica.
- Studia typologica
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maltese language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : Akademie Verlag GmbH, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Die zwölf Beiträge zu diesem Sammelband legen das Augenmerk auf Variation und Wandel in Lexikon, Morphologie, Syntax und Phonologie des Maltesischen. Verschiede Aspekte der lektalen Variation werden angesprochen: Die Eigenschaften von Soziolekten, Fachsprachen, regionalen Varietäten und verschiedenen Registern des heutigen Maltesischen werden diskutiert. In mehreren der Artikel werden gegenwärtig ablaufende Veränderungen beleuchtet. Dabei wird die Frage gestellt, ob eine typische EU-Varietät des Maltesischen oder eine eigenständige maltesische Jugendsprache besteht. Nicht alle Phänomene, die mit Variation verbunden sind, lassen sich der soziolinguistischen Sphäre zuordnen. Morphosyntaktische Probleme wie die Definition von Klitika, die Kausativ-Inchoativ-Alternation und der Gebrauch des possessivischen Relativsatzes hängen stärker mit strukturellen und funktionalen Faktoren zusammen. Suprasegmentalia wie die Pausen im gesprochenen Maltesischen und die Silbenstruktur des Maltesischen werden ebenfalls untersucht. Ergänzt werden diese Themen durch Arbeiten zur Dialektologie, Pragmatik und zum literarischen Maltesischen. Die Bandbreite der Themen, die von diesem Sammelband abgedeckt werden, zeigt, dass es sich lohnt, das Maltesische aus dem Blickwinkel der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft zu erforschen.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Part I: The Lexicon and Variation
- Lectal variation in Maltese
- Describing literary Maltese: concordances to Dun Karm and Rużar Briffa
- Giving compliments in Maltese
- Il-Malti Mghaggel: Maltese in computer-mediated chat conversations
- The language of young people and language change in Maltese
- Linguistic variation in legal Maltese: EU directives compared to national implementation laws
- Part II: Morphology and Syntax
- On pronominal verbal enclitics in Maltese
- The causative-inchoative alternation in Maltese
- The possessive relative clause in Maltese
- Part III: Phonology
- The vowel systems of Xlukkajr and Naduri
- A preliminary investigation of filled pauses in Maltese
- Syllabic structure and stress in Maltese
- Back Matter
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783050057200
- 3050057203
- OCLC:
- 979688529
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