A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese

mkNDual Str -> Str -> Str -> N Noun paradigm 4: Singular, dual,
plural
mkNDual Str -> Str -> Str -> Gender -> N Noun paradigm 4: Explicit gender
mkNDual Str -> Str -> Str -> Str -> N Noun paradigm 4x: Singular, dual,
both plurals
mkNDual Str -> Str -> Str -> Str -> Gender -> N Noun paradigm 4x: Explicit gender
mkPN Str -> Gender -> Number -> ProperNoun Proper noun
mkN2 N -> Prep -> N2 -
mkN2 N -> Str -> N2 -
mkN2 N -> N2 use “ta”’
mkN3 Noun -> Prep -> Prep -> N3 -
possN N -> N Mark a noun as taking possessive enclitic
pronouns: missieri, missierek...
Table A.6: Morphological paradigms: verbs
Function Type Explanation
mkRoot Root Null root
mkRoot Str -> Root From hyphenated string: "k-t-b"
mkRoot Str -> Str -> Str -> Root Tri-consonantal root
mkRoot Str -> Str -> Str -> Str -> Quadri-consonantal root
Root
mkVowels Vowels Null vowel sequence
mkVowels Str -> Vowels Only single vowel
mkVowels Str -> Str -> Vowels Two-vowel sequence
mkV Str -> V With no root, automatically treat as loan verb
mkV Str -> Root -> V Take an explicit root, implying it is a root & pattern
verb
mkV Str -> Str -> Root -> V Takes an Imperative of the word for when it behaves
less predictably
mkV VClass -> VDerivedForm ->
Root -> Vowels -> Str -> Str
-> Str -> Str -> Str -> Str
-> Str -> Str -> Str -> Str
-> Str -> Str -> Str -> Str
All forms: mkV (Strong Regular) (FormI) (mk-
Root "k-t-b") (mkVowels "i" "e") "ktibt" "ktibt"
"kiteb" "kitbet" "ktibna" "ktibtu" "kitbu"
"nikteb" "tikteb" "jikteb" "tikteb" "niktbu"
"tiktbu" "jiktbu" "ikteb" "iktbu"
-> Str -> Str -> V
mkV_II Str -> Root -> V Form II verb: mkV_II "waqqaf" (mkRoot "w-q-f")
mkV_II Str -> Str -> Root -> V Form II verb with explicit imperative form: mkV_II
"waqqaf" "waqqaf" (mkRoot "w-q-f")
mkV_III Str -> Root -> V Form III verb: mkV_III "qiegħed" (mkRoot "q-għ-d")
mkV_V Str -> Root -> V Form V verb: mkV_V "twaqqaf" (mkRoot "w-q-f")
mkV_VI Str -> Root -> V Form VI verb: mkV_VI "tqiegħed" (mkRoot "q-għ-d")
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