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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120671| Title: | Onset clusters, syllable structure and syllabification in Maltese |
| Other Titles: | The languages of Malta |
| Authors: | Galea, Luke Ussishkin, Adam |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- Phonology Maltese language -- Phonemics Linguistics -- Malta Maltese language -- Morphophonemics Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | Language Science Press |
| Citation: | Galea, L., & Ussishkin, A. (2018). Onset clusters, syllable structure and syllabification in Maltese. In P. Paggio, & A. Gatt (Eds.), The languages of Malta (pp. 55-116). Berlin, Germany : Language Science Press. |
| Abstract: | This chapter aims to describe syllable structure and the phonotactic constraints on onset consonants in Standard Maltese. The current work is based on the phonetic and phonological description of Maltese in Azzopardi (1981) and Borg & Azzopardi Alexander (1997). The phonological account provided here, however, is grounded in an Onset-Rhyme model. Furthermore, the phonotactics of Maltese are described in terms of sonority. After establishing the nature of onset consonants in Maltese, we address the process of syllabification in Maltese. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120671 |
| ISBN: | 9783961100705 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenELP |
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