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Introducing Maltese Linguistics
Selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, Bremen, 18–20 October, 2007
This collection of articles highlights a selection of on-going research projects. Phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues are addressed by international experts on Maltese. The diachronic development of Maltese, its age-long contact with Italo-Romance, and the present diglossic situation with co-official English are the topics of a variety of contributions to this volume. The repercussions that the promotion of Maltese to the status of official working language of the EU has on the Maltese lexicon are discussed. A project on the sociolinguistics of non-native Maltese-English is presented. The problems posed by the creation of electronic resources for Maltese are equally focused upon. The papers amply demonstrate that Maltese Linguistics can stand on its own outside the traditional field of Oriental Studies.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 113] 2009. xi, 422 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 June 2009
Published online on 12 June 2009
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- List of contributors | pp. vii–viii
- Preface | pp. ix–xi
- Part I. Typology
- Maltese and the World Atlas of Language StructuresBernard Comrie | pp. 3–11
- Part II. Phonology
- Vowel duration and Maltese 'għ'Elizabeth Hume, Jennifer Venditti, Alexandra Vella and Samantha Gett | pp. 15–46
- On Maltese prosodyAlexandra Vella | pp. 47–68
- Part III. Syntax
- Topicalisation in MalteseAlbert Borg and Marie Azzopardi-Alexander | pp. 71–81
- A head-driven phrase structure grammar for MalteseStefan Müller | pp. 83–112
- Complex predicates in Maltese: From a neo-Arabic perspectiveUtz Maas | pp. 113–132
- Splitting the verb chain in modern literary MalteseThomas Stolz | pp. 133–179
- "Pseudo-verbs": An analysis of non-verbal (co-)predication in MalteseJohn Peterson | pp. 181–204
- Part IV. Lexicon and electronic resources
- Compounding and adjective-noun compounds in MalteseRay Fabri | pp. 207–231
- Auditory and visual lexical decision in MalteseAdam Ussishkin and Alina Twist | pp. 233–249
- Electronic language resources for MalteseMichael Rosner | pp. 251–276
- Part V. Language change and contact
- The Vowel system of Cantilena: Its historical developmentSumikazu Yoda | pp. 279–290
- The shaping of Maltese throughout the centuries: Linguistic evidences from a diachronic-typological analysisLaura Mori | pp. 291–307
- "Imma l'oriġinal oriġinali?": A noun-adjective opposition in some Maltese word-classes of Romance originManwel Mifsud | pp. 309–320
- A different kind of gender problem: Maltese loan-word gender from a typological perspectiveChristel Stolz | pp. 321–353
- Terminology of Italian origin used in EU Maltese: A case of linguistic "Europeanisation"?Sandro Caruana | pp. 355–375
- Part VI. Sociolinguistics
- Diglossia: Variation on a themeAntoinette Camilleri Grima | pp. 379–391
- Maltese English: History of use, structural variation and sociolinguistic statusLisa M. Bonnici | pp. 393–414
- Index of authors | pp. 415–417
- Index of languages | p. 419
- Index of subjects | pp. 421–422
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