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dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-03T07:19:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-03T07:19:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Borg, A. (1989). Some Maltese toponyms in historical and comparative perspective. In P. Wexler, A. Borg & S. Somekh (Eds.), Studia linguistica et orientalia memoriae Haim Blanc dedicata (pp. 62-85). Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76783 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Medieval and contemporary usage relating to Maltese toponyms yields numerous reflexes of an intriguing Old Arabic NP type displaying the structure [Noun + Def. Art. + Adjective] : Wied il-Kbir <Ar. *wa:d il-kbi:r. As in many contemporary Arabic vernaculars, the lack of determination concord between substantive and attribute typifying these placenames is symptomatic of their traditional structural interpretation as construct state forms, cf. Hagret is-Sewda "the Stone of the Black One f" < "the Black Stone". In both Arabic and Maltese the formal incongruity entailed in the coexisting semantic transparency and syntactic opacity characterizing many placenames built on this scheme is being resolved through reanalysis of these erstwhile lexicalized compounds as "Noun+ Attribute" sequences via introduction of the initial definite article: il-Blata l-Bajda, lit. "the White Rock". | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Otto Harrassowitz | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese language | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese language -- Foreign elements -- Arabic | en_GB |
dc.subject | Names, Geographical -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Toponymy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Some Maltese toponyms in historical and comparative perspective | en_GB |
dc.title.alternative | Studia linguistica et orientalia memoriae Haim Blanc dedicata | en_GB |
dc.type | bookPart | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Borg, Alexander | - |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCL&LMlt |
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