From 36d3d4b34c4add97cba7741af450dd44fe11df5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John J. Camilleri" Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 13:46:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add README for Maltese, as a starting point for establishing the practice --- src/maltese/README.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/maltese/README.md diff --git a/src/maltese/README.md b/src/maltese/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b480671b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/maltese/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Maltese + +## Language info + +English name: Maltese +Autonym: Malti +ISO code: Mlt + +## Authors + +Mainly written by John J. Camilleri, 2009-2013. +with some contributions by Angelo Zammit, 2012. + +## Publications + +- Digitizing the grammar and vocabulary of Maltese, John J. Camilleri. In Shifts and Patterns in Maltese. Vol. 19, Studia Typologica. ISBN: 978-3-11-049637-6. 2016. +- A Computational Grammar and Lexicon for Maltese, John J. Camilleri. Chalmers University of Technology. Gothenburg, Sweden. M.Sc. Thesis. 2013. +- Extending the GF Framework towards Coverage of the Maltese Language, Angelo Zammit. University of Malta. Msida, Malta. B.Sc. Dissertation. 2012. + +## Implementation information + +### Verb morphology + +Initial implementation included all enclitic pronouns within verb inflection table, some ~1000 forms. This became uncompilable. +Re-implemetation stores 3 verb stems which are then combined with pronouns using bind. +Choosing the right stem in each case is tricky, and it's unconfirmed whether 3 stems is enough to cover all cases. + +## Other resources + +Extra test files can be found in the repository: +https://github.com/johnjcamilleri/Maltese-GF-Resource-Grammar + +Semi-complete verb inflections for testing purposes: +https://github.com/johnjcamilleri/maltese-verb-inflections + +Ġabra fullform lexicon for Maltese, partly bootstrapped by this grammar: +http://mlrs.research.um.edu.mt/resources/gabra/