Shifts and Patterns in Maltese.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (402 pages)
- Studia Typologica [STTYP] Series ; v.19 .
- Studia Typologica [STTYP] Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 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 -ลก 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.