Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MAL2021

 
TITLE Il-Fonetika u l-Fonoloġija tal-Malti

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 2

 
DEPARTMENT Maltese

 
DESCRIPTION Dan il-kors jittratta (a)il-fonetika tal-Malti, jiġifieri l-istudju ta' kif nipproduċu il-ħsejjes li nużaw meta nitkellmu bil-Malti u (b)il-fonoloġija tal-Malti, jiġifieri l-istudju ta' kif dawn il-ħsejjes "iġibu ruħhom" fit-taħdit, x'kumpanija jżommu, kif ukoll il-fenomeni l-oħra rilevanti għall-istudju tat-taħdit bil-Malti, x'jiġri meta jiltaqgħu l-ħsejjes fid-diskors ta' kuljum. Jibni fuq il-kors dwar il-fonetika ġenerali u jibbenefika mill-esperjenza ta' l-istudent fil-kamp tad-djaletti.

L-istudju tal-fonetika u l-fonoloġija Maltija jiġi ttrattat f'lekċers fejn issir l-espożizzjoni tas-suġġett u f'workshops fejn nitaqgħu biex niddiskutu d-diffikultajiet li jkun hemm u biex naħdmu xi eżerċizzi prattiċi.

It-temi prinċipali huma:
1. L-ortografija tal-Malti vs. il-ħoss;
2. Xebh u distinzjonijiet bejn il-ħsejjes li nużaw fil-Malti;
3. Is-sistema tal-Vokali Kardinali vis-à-vis il-vokali tal-Malti;
4. Il-fonema u l-allofoni fil-Malti;
5. Is-sillaba: struttura, restrizzjonijiet u possibbiltajiet;
6. L-aċċent u r-ritmu;
7. Introduzzjoni għall-intonazzjoni fil-Malti
8. Traskrizzjoni fonemika u traskrizzjoni fonetika

Qari:

- Borg, Albert and Azzopardi-Alexander, Marie (1997) Maltese London: Routledge
- Vella, Alexandra (1991) 'The Intonation of Maltese: a Preliminary Investigation of Statements and Yes-No Questions' pp. 293-304 In Brincat, J (ed) 1994 Languages of the Mediterranean Substrata - The Islands - Malta Proceedings of the Conference held in Malta 26-29 September 1991 Malta: The Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Examination (1 Hour) SEM2 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Kirsty Azzopardi
Raffaello Bezzina
Luke Galea

 

 
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