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/