The grammaticalization of modal auxiliaries in Maltese and Arabic vernaculars of the Mediterranean area'

Martine Vanhove (1, 2, 3) , Catherine Miller (1, 2, 3) , Dominique Caubet (1, 2, 3, 4)

1 LLACAN - Langage, LAngues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire
2 IREMAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans
3 Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
4 CREAM EA 3575 - Centre de Recherche et d'Étude sur l'Arabe Maghrébin

The paper presents grammaticalization process in three Arabic-based vernaculars (maltese, Moroccan Arabic and Syro-Egyptian Arabic)

Mots clés: Arabic; modals; grammaticalisation

Domaines: Linguistique

Martine Vanhove, Catherine Miller, Dominique Caubet. The grammaticalization of modal auxiliaries in Maltese and Arabic vernaculars of the Mediterranean area'. J. Van der Auwera. Grammaticalization of Modal particles, Mouton de Gruyter, pp.325-362, 2009. ⟨halshs-00555583⟩