Academic Journal
Nominal and adverbial clauses in Maltese
| Title: | Nominal and adverbial clauses in Maltese |
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| Authors: | Borg, Albert |
| Publisher Information: | University of Malta. Dipartiment tal-Malti, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Subject Terms: | Maltese language -- Grammar, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Nominals, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials, Language and languages -- Orthography and spelling |
| Description: | The article considers two types of subordinate sentences: nominal (complement) clauses and adverbial clauses. It touches upon the difference between a nominal clause with an explicit verb and a clause lacking an explicit verb (a predicate/copular sentence, also known as a nominal (non-verbal) sentence), before going on to explore declarative and question-word interrogative nominal clauses, yes-no interrogative and alternative interrogative nominal clauses as well as headless relative clauses. Adverbial clauses are next considered, starting with a look at simple and compound adverbial conjunctions. Various types of clauses are discussed: adverbial clauses of time, manner, purpose, result and cause/reason. The study goes on to look at conditional adverbial clauses, concessive clauses, alternative concessive adverbial clauses, comparative and equative adverbial clauses. The article concludes with a look at adverbial clauses which are rendered non-finite through nominalisation. peer-reviewed |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Access URL: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/126688 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.od......3549..b0eb76dce34bae08f165cdef97c2322a |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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