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Perspectives on Maltese Linguistics

Author : Albert Borg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3050065141
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Maltese Linguistics written by Albert Borg and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions included in this collection present different perspectives on various aspects of Maltese Linguistics, thereby enriching a field which has been attracting considerably greater interest in recent years than was the case in the past. The papers focus on the Maltese language itself as well as on Maltese in relation to other languages. They provide a picture of Maltese mainly from a synchronic perspective, descriptions ranging from indepth analyses of morphological and syntactic features to contributions on the lexicon, corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics. A number of papers dealing with diachronic considerations are also included. The topics dealt with in this volume show not only that Maltese is the object of research from a variety of perspectives but also that scholars with diverse backgrounds and of different nationalities are studying this language, thus providing an enriching body of knowl-edge, including findings of interest to general linguistics and various other fields in the humanities. Der vorliegende Band enthält Beiträge mit vielfältigen Herangehensweisen zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten der maltesischen Sprachwissenschaft und erweitert dadurch den Blick auf eine Disziplin, die in den letzten Jahren deutlich mehr Interesse findet als das in der Vergangenheit der Fall war. Der Fokus wird in den einzelnen Beiträgen sowohl auf die maltesische Sprache an sich als auch auf den Sprachkontakt von Maltesisch mit anderen Sprachen gerichtet. Neben synchronen Untersuchungen, die morphologische und syntaktische Eigenschaften sowie lexikalische, korpus- und soziolinguistische Aspekte von Maltesisch eingehend beleuchten, finden sich Analysen mit vorwiegend diachroner Blickrichtung. Die thematische Vielfalt des vorliegenden Bandes, die aus den unterschiedlichen He-rangehensweisen der beteiligten Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Nationalität und mit unterschiedlichem Forschungshintergrund resultiert, erweitert nicht nur den Wissensbestand der maltesischen Linguistik, sondern kann auch bereichernde Erkenntnisse für die Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft sowie für andere Zweige der Geisteswissenschaften liefern.

Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature

Author : Christoph Friedrich Schlienz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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The languages of Malta

Author : Albert Gatt
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961100705
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The languages of Malta written by Albert Gatt and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language. Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British colonial rule, and just as in other former British colonies, a characteristic Maltese variety of English has developed. To these languages must be added Maltese Sign Language, which is the language of the Maltese Deaf community. This was recently recognised as Malta’s third official language by an act of Parliament in 2016. While a volume such as the present one can hardly do justice to all aspects of a diverse and complex linguistic situation, even in a small community like that of Malta, our aim in editing this book was to shed light on the main strands of research being undertaken in the Maltese linguistic context. Six of the contributions in this book focus on Maltese and explore a broad range of topics including: historical changes in the Maltese sound system; syllabification strategies; the interaction of prosody and gesture; the constraints regulating /t/-insertion; the productivity of derivational suffixes; and raising phenomena. The study of Maltese English, especially with the purpose of establishing the defining characteristics of this variety of English, is a relatively new area of research. Three of the papers in this volume deal with Maltese English, which is explored from the different perspectives of rhythm, the syntax of nominal phrases, and lexical choice. The last contribution discusses the way in which Maltese Sign Language (LSM) has evolved alongside developments in LSM research. In summary, we believe the present volume has the potential to present a unique snapshot of a complex linguistic situation in a geographically restricted area. Given the nature and range of topics proposed, the volume will likely be of interest to researchers in both theoretical and comparative linguistics, as well as those working with experimental and corpus-based methodologies. Our hope is that the studies presented here will also serve to pave the way for further research on the languages of Malta, encouraging researchers to also take new directions, including the exploration of variation and sociolinguistic factors which, while often raised as explanatory constructs in the papers presented here, remain under-researched.

Advances in Maltese Linguistics

Author : Benjamin Saade
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110565749
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Maltese Linguistics written by Benjamin Saade and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of up-to-date articles on Maltese on all linguistic levels, demonstrating the variety of topics Maltese has to offer for linguists of all specializations. Two diachronic studies discuss the early contact of Maltese and Sicilian Arabic (Avram) and the possible lexical influence of Occitan-Catalan on Maltese in the 13th-15th century (Biosca & Castellanos).Fabri & Borg shed light on the rules that govern verb sequences in Maltese. Čéplö presents a corpus analysis of the syntactic and semantic properties of focus constructions in Maltese. Stolz & Ahrens analyze the behavior of prepositional phrases with identical heads under coordination. Wilmsen & Al-Sayyed study the use of muš as a negator in Maltese and beyond. Puech presents a detailed phonological analysis of Maltese and Tunisian Arabic based on prosody, syllabic structure, and stress. Azzopardi-Alexander gives a fine-grained analysis of phonological features in Maltese English, placing speakers on a Maltese-English continuum. Sciriha takes a visual approach to multilingualism in Malta with her quantitative study of public and private signs. Finally, Versteegh offers a thought-provoking perspective on the notion "mixed language" and its viability.

Advances in Maltese Linguistics

Author : Benjamin Saade
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110563118
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Maltese Linguistics written by Benjamin Saade and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of up-to-date articles on Maltese on all linguistic levels, demonstrating the variety of topics Maltese has to offer for linguists of all specializations. Two diachronic studies discuss the early contact of Maltese and Sicilian Arabic (Avram) and the possible lexical influence of Occitan-Catalan on Maltese in the 13th-15th century (Biosca & Castellanos). Fabri & Borg shed light on the rules that govern verb sequences in Maltese. Čéplö presents a corpus analysis of the syntactic and semantic properties of focus constructions in Maltese. Stolz & Ahrens analyze the behavior of prepositional phrases with identical heads under coordination. Wilmsen & Al-Sayyed study the use of muš as a negator in Maltese and beyond. Puech presents a detailed phonological analysis of Maltese and Tunisian Arabic based on prosody, syllabic structure, and stress. Azzopardi-Alexander gives a fine-grained analysis of phonological features in Maltese English, placing speakers on a Maltese-English continuum. Sciriha takes a visual approach to multilingualism in Malta with her quantitative study of public and private signs. Finally, Versteegh offers a thought-provoking perspective on the notion "mixed language" and its viability.

Views on the improvement of the Maltese Language

Author : Christoph Friedrich Schlienz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Views on the improvement of the Maltese Language written by Christoph Friedrich Schlienz and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Views On the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature

Author : C F Schlienz
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020321238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Views On the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature written by C F Schlienz and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, scholar Christoph Friedrich Schlienz shares his views on the improvement of the Maltese language. Schlienz provides a detailed analysis of the language, including its history, structure, and grammar, and offers suggestions for how it can be improved. This book is an important resource for anyone interested in linguistics or the Maltese language in particular. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Maltese Linguistics on the Danube

Author : Slavomír Čéplö
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110672375
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Maltese Linguistics on the Danube written by Slavomír Čéplö and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a dozen papers on various aspects of Maltese, relevant also for the study of related languages and general descriptive and typological linguistics. The diachronic section begins with an analysis of the place of Maltese in its North African context (Souag). Avram and van Putten then provide analyses of the development of Maltese phonological inventory, the former discussing obstruent devoicing, the latter tracing the evolution of Maltese short vowels. Sumikazu examines a type of circumstantial clause in Maltese and the section concludes with a description of a digital etymological lexicon of Maltese (Gatt). Turning to syntax, Borg and Amaira analyze agreement mismatch in a number of syntactic constructions, Fabri discusses argument extension and Čéplö and Lucas examine the role of the focus particle lanqas in Maltese negation. Stolz and Levkovych provide a thorough analysis of the syntax and semantics of Maltese prepositions, while Schmidt, Vorholt and Witt offer a quantitative study of their distribution and use. Closing out the volume, Alexander examines in detail the phonetics of Maltese affricated stops, while Ellul and Galea analyze the epenthetic vowel alternation in the Maltese definite article.

Shifts and Patterns in Maltese

Author : Gilbert Puech
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110496372
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Shifts and Patterns in Maltese written by Gilbert Puech and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linguistic description of Maltese has experienced an invigorating renaissance in the last ten years. As an Arabic language with a heavily mixed lexicon, Maltese serves as a laboratory for questions of linguistic variation on all linguistics levels, bilingualism, and language contact. This present volume showcases the variety of up-to-date linguistic research on Maltese. Starting with a tribute to the late David Cohen, influential French Semiticist, the remainder of the book is divided into three parts: Phonology, Morphology & Syntax, and Contact, Bilingualism & Technology. The papers in the phonology section comprise a minimalist representation of Maltese sounds from Gilbert Puech, a detailed account of phonological changes in Maltese based on onomastic data by Andrei Avram, and the description of lengthening as a discourse strategy by Alexandra Vella et. al. The section on morphology and syntax includes both synchronic and diachronic approaches to variation in Maltese. Maris Camilleri provides a detailed formal account of the paradigm in Maltese verbal inflection using a multidimensional model which accounts for subcategorization frame variation. Döhla's contribution traces the development of Differential Object Marking (DOM) in Maltese and draws parallels between similar phenomena in other varieties of Arabic. Wilmsen provides a detailed history of the polar interrogative marker –š in Maltese. The article by Stolz & Saade investigates the variation between long and short independent pronouns in Maltese taking into account phonological factors, text-type, and grammatical person. Lucas & Spagnol tackle the variation of Maltese numerals with respect to phonological and morphological criteria in their study of the connecting /t/. The section on Contact, Bilingualism & Technology starts with Farrugia's description of variation in the assignment of gender for loanwords in Maltese. Comrie & Spagnol place the make-up of the borrowed part of the Maltese lexicon in a wider typology of loanwords in the world's languages. The study by Azzopardi-Alexander gives detailed insights into bilingual practices in Malta, placing usage patterns on a continuum between single language use and different code-switching and code-mixing practices. In the final paper, John Camilleri shows how the computational modelling of Maltese grammar has both theoretical and practical repercussions for the study and teaching of Maltese. As can be gathered from the wide variety of topics presented in this volume, Maltese Linguistics has developed from a subdiscipline of Arabic linguistics to a full academic subject in its own right. This volume presents an ideal introduction to the wide range of linguistic topics Maltese has to offer.

Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective

Author : Alessandra Barotto
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027254885
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective written by Alessandra Barotto and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims at investigating discourse phenomena (i.e., linguistic elements and constructions that help to manage the organization, flow, and outcome of communication) from a typological and cross-linguistic perspective. Although it is a well-established idea in functional-typological approaches that grammar is shaped by discourse use, systematic typological cross-linguistic investigations on discourse phenomena are relatively rare. This volume aims at bridging this gap, by integrating different linguistic subfields, such as discourse analysis, pragmatics, and typology. The contributions, both theoretically and empirically oriented, focus on a broad variety of discourse phenomena (ranging from discourse markers to discourse function of grammatical markers, to strategies that manage the discourse and information flow) while adopting a typological perspective and considering typologically distant languages.

Maltese Linguistics

Author : Ray Fabri
Publisher : Brockmeyer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 381960734X
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Maltese Linguistics written by Ray Fabri and published by Brockmeyer Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World

Author : Martin J. Ball
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000901963
Total Pages : 992 pages
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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World written by Martin J. Ball and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages and social settings, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World was originally the first single-volume collection surveying the current research trends in international sociolinguistics. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and significantly expanded, and now includes more than 50 chapters written by leading authorities and a brand-new substantial introduction by John Edwards. Coverage has been expanded regionally and there is a critical focus on Indigenous languages. This handbook remains a key tool to help widen the perspective on sociolinguistics to readers interested in the field. Divided into sections covering the Americas, Asia, Australasia, Africa, and Europe, the book provides readers with a solid, up-to-date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field of sociolinguistics in each area. It clearly explains the patterns and systematicity that underlie language variation in use, along with the ways in which alternations between different language varieties mark personal style, social power, and national identity. The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World is the ideal resource for all students in undergraduate sociolinguistics courses and for researchers involved in the study of language, society, and power.

Introducing Maltese Linguistics

Author : Bernard Comrie
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027290296
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Introducing Maltese Linguistics written by Bernard Comrie and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles highlights a selection of on-going research projects. Phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues are addressed by international experts on Maltese. The diachronic development of Maltese, its age-long contact with Italo-Romance, and the present diglossic situation with co-official English are the topics of a variety of contributions to this volume. The repercussions that the promotion of Maltese to the status of official working language of the EU has on the Maltese lexicon are discussed. A project on the sociolinguistics of non-native Maltese-English is presented. The problems posed by the creation of electronic resources for Maltese are equally focused upon. The papers amply demonstrate that Maltese Linguistics can stand on its own outside the traditional field of Oriental Studies.

Maltese

Author : Przemyslaw Turek
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110783835
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Maltese by : Przemyslaw Turek

Download or read book Maltese written by Przemyslaw Turek and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Studia typologica' ist der Titel der Beihefte zur Zeitschrift 'Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung/Language Typology and Universals (STUF)'. In den 'Studia typologica' werden Beiträge veröffentlicht, die vielversprechende neue Themen im Bereich der allgemein-vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft ansprechen. Insbesondere empirisch gut fundierte Beiträge mit crosslinguistischer Orientierung, die neue Problemstellungen auf innovative Art präsentieren, sind in den 'Studia typologica' willkommen. Die Beiheftereihe unterstützt nachdrücklich Studien zu weniger gut erforschten Sprachen und/oder Phänomenen. Von großem Interesse für die 'Studia typologica' sind auch areal-typologische Arbeiten sowie Beiträge, die sich dem Zusammenspiel von Sprachkontakt und Sprachtypologie widmen. Die 'Studia typologica' sind theorie- und modellübergreifend als Forum für typologisch ausgerichtete Forschungsarbeiten gedacht. Die Beihefte umfassen sowohl Monographien als auch thematisch homogene Sammelbände. Alle eingehenden Manuskripte werden begutachtet (double blind). Die Publikationssprache ist Englisch.

Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics

Author : Sami Boudelaa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027285268
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics written by Sami Boudelaa and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume are a selection from papers presented at the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, held in Cambridge, UK, in 2002. They deal with a wide range of theoretical issues in varieties of Arabic.

Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature

Author : Christoph Friedrich Schlienz
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230377186
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature written by Christoph Friedrich Schlienz and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ... Having considered the various inconveniences and evils, arising to the Maltese, from the present state of their language, as well as the inadequacy of the modes hitherto employed for removing them, I now, in conclusion, proceed to mention those means, by the adoption of which, I think the existing evils may not only be remedied, but also great advantages obtained. It is simply this: gradually to introduce, and eventually to use, the literal Arabic, for the purposes of education and of literature; to bring the advantages of such an education within the reach of every child, that is capable of profiting by it; and to treat all other languages, according to their nature, as foreign, giving, however, to the English, as its due, the preference, by making provision for its study in every public school, and by encouraging its general use. In this case, by using the literal Arabic, the Maltese will have the advantage of a highly cultivated language, and will not be in want either of common words, or scientifical terms. Sir William Jones says: "As it is unquestionably one of the most ancient (languages) of the world, so it yields to none ever spoken by mortals in the number of its words, and the precision of its phrases." (His works, Vol. I. p. 39.) Thousands of intellects have been advantageously developed therein, and hundreds of thousands of clear, useful, great, majestic thoughts have flowed through this healthy channel, in correct and graceful style, to revive and enlighten Europe during the middle ages. As the literal Arabic has been successfully tried in a variety of extensive and valuable translations, as well as in many original works, we have already prepared to hand a collection of literature and science of easy access to the Maltese, ...

New Perspectives on Mixed Languages

Author : Maria Mazzoli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501511149
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Mixed Languages written by Maria Mazzoli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing number of language varieties with diverse backgrounds and structural typologies have been identified as mixed. However, the debate on the status of many varieties and even on the existence of the category of “mixed languages” continues still today. This volume examines the current state of the theoretical and empirical debate on mixed languages and presents new advances from a diverse set of mixed language varieties. These cover well-known mixed languages, such as Media Lengua, Michif, Gurindji Kriol, and Kallawaya, and varieties whose classification is still debated, such as Reo Rapa, Kumzari, Jopará, and Wutun. The contributions deal with different aspects of mixed languages, including descriptive approaches to their current status and origins, theoretical discussions on the language contact processes in them, and analysis of different types of language mixing practices. This book contributes to the current debate on the existence of the mixed language category, shedding more light onto this fascinating group of languages and the contact processes that shape them.