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Variation and Change - The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society (Hardcover) Loot Price: R5,348
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Variation and Change - The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society (Hardcover): Sandro Caruana, Ray Fabri, Thomas Stolz

Variation and Change - The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society (Hardcover)

Sandro Caruana, Ray Fabri, Thomas Stolz

Series: Studia Typologica [STTYP]

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Die zwolf Beitrage zu diesem Sammelband legen das Augenmerk auf Variation und Wandel in Lexikon, Morphologie, Syntax und Phonologie des Maltesischen. Verschiedene Aspekte der lektalen Variation werden angesprochen: Die Eigenschaften von Soziolekten, Fachsprachen, regionalen Varietaten und verschiedenen Registern des heutigen Maltesischen werden diskutiert. In mehreren der Artikel werden gegenwartig ablaufende Veranderungen beleuchtet. Dabei wird die Frage gestellt, ob eine typische EU-Varietat des Maltesischen oder eine eigenstandige maltesische Jugendsprache besteht. Nicht alle Phanomene, die mit Variation verbunden sind, lassen sich der soziolinguistischen Sphare zuordnen. Morphosyntaktische Probleme wie die Definition von Klitika, die Kausativ-Inchoativ-Alternation und der Gebrauch des possessivischen Relativsatzes hangen starker mit strukturellen und funktionalen Faktoren zusammen. Suprasegmentalia wie die Pausen im gesprochenen Maltesischen und die Silbenstruktur des Maltesischen werden ebenfalls untersucht. Erganzt 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."

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Imprint: de Gruyter Akademie Forschung
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Studia Typologica [STTYP]
Release date: December 2011
First published: 2011
Editors: Sandro Caruana • Ray Fabri • Thomas Stolz
Dimensions: 240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 978-3-05-005648-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
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LSN: 3-05-005648-7
Barcode: 9783050056487

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