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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12216| Title: | A note on the dating of h, gh and x in Maltese |
| Authors: | Cassola, Arnold |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- History Language and languages -- Etymology |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Citation: | Cassola, Arnold (2013). A note on the dating of ħ, għ and x in Maltese. In Albert Borg, Sandro Caruana, & Alexandra Vella (Eds.), Perspectives on Maltese Linguistics (p. 13-21). Berlin : De Gruyter |
| Series/Report no.: | Studia Typologica;14 |
| Abstract: | Dan I-artiklu jiddiskuti n-nisel tal-ittri ħ, għ u x fl-alfabelt Malti u jaghti datazzjoni aktar qadima għall, uzu taghhom tl-ilsien Malti. L-ħ ntuzat mill-Isqalli Domenico Boccadiflloco f' xogħol teatrali tiegħu "Intermezzo sulla maniera con la quaIe parlano corrottamente Ie donne maltesi in italiano", li Ignazio Saverio Mifsud gabar fl-iStromata Melitensia tiegħu, fl-1760, waqt Ii I-għ kienet giet adottata mit-tieni ħarga tal-gazzetta "II-Habib tak Maltin", dik tal-11 ta' Jannar 1859. Għal dak Ii ghandu x'jaqsam mal-ittra x, Ii ga tidher fil-"Cantilena" ta' Petrus Caxaro fis-seklu XV, imma titlef ir-rwol primarju tagħha fis-sekli ta' wara - a skaptu tad-digraf Taljan sc -, I-awtur jissuggerixxi bħala data simbolika ta' transizzjoni definittiva minn sc għal x il 5 ta' Ottubru 1861, meta I-animatur tal-gazzetta "Nafras u Colombu" - Carmelo Camilleri - iddikjara Ii kien qed jaqleb definittivament għax-x għal ragunijiet ta' pratticitita |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12216 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCL&LMlt |
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