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Record Nr.

UNINA9911028778403321

Autore

Stolz Thomas

Titolo

The grammar of maltese prepositions / / Thomas Stolz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

LaVergne, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2025

ISBN

3-11-133159-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Studia Typologica [STTYP], ; 35.

Classificazione

FOR000000LAN009000LAN009010

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Foreign Language Study

Grammar & Language Usage

Language Arts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from eBook information screen..

Sommario/riassunto

The grammar of Maltese prepositions is described in detail starting from the definition of what counts as a preposition in Maltese. The sixty simple prepositions are analyzed as to their phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties in synchronic perspective. In this way several classes of prepositions can be distinguished on the basis of their structural behavior. The empirical data stem from the Korpus Malti 3.0 and a broad selection of conventionally published literature in contemporary Maltese. The study combines qualitative and quantitative methods. The results are evaluated with reference to the typology of adpositions as proposed by Hagège (2010).