Ray Fabri
Jisimni Ray Fabri u jiena lingwista speċjalizzat fit-teorija
formali tal-lingwa, it-tipoloġija lingwistika u l-universali
tal-lingwa, u fil-morfo-sintassi. Peress li jien Malti, hija ħaġa
naturali u loġika li l-aktar li naħdem huwa fuq aspetti differenti
tal-ilsien Malti. Bħalissa jien immexxi l-Istitut tal-Lingwistika
fl-Università ta' Malta, fejn jien 'Associate Professor'
tal-Lingwistika.
My name is Ray Fabri and I am a linguist by profession.
Currently, I am the Chairman of the Institute of Linguistics
of the University of Malta and Associate Professor of Linguistics. My areas of specialisation and interest in
linguistics are formal language theory, language
typology and language universals, and morpho-syntax. I am Maltese and,
therefore, a lot my research in linguistics deals with various aspects
of the Maltese language.
L-uffiċċju/My office:
Rm. 402A
Centre for Communication Technology
Institute of Linguistics/L-Istitut tal-Lingwistika
University of Malta/L-Università ta' Malta
Msida MSD 2080/l-Imsida 2080
Malta
Tel. 00356 2340-2425
email: ray.fabri@um.edu.mt
Pubblikazzjonijiet/Publications
1. 1993 Kongruenz
und die Grammatik des Maltesischen (Agreement and the Grammar of Maltese). In the series Linguistische
Arbeiten published by Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen
2. 1993 The Subject Agreement Paradigm in Classical Arabic. Arbeitspapiere
des SFB 282 Theorie des Lexikons 38. Heinrich Heine University,
Düsseldorf
3. 1994 The Syntax of Numerals in Maltese. In: J. M. Brincat (ed.) Languages of
the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Conference held in Malta, 26-29 September 1991. University
of Malta, Msida, 228-239
4. 1995 The Tense and Aspect System of Maltese. In: R. Thieroff (ed.) Tempussysteme in europaeischen Sprachen II. Niemeyer, Tübingen, 327-343
5. 1996 The Inverse Morphology of Plains Cree (Algonquian). In: G. Booij and J.
Van Marle (eds.) Yearbook of Morphology
1995, 17 - 41
6. 1996 Review of Fassi Fehri, Abdelkader (1993): Issues in the Structure of
Arabic Clauses and Words. Zeitschrift für Sprachtypologie und
Universalien-forschung. Berlin, 192 - 199
7. 1996 Minimalist Morphology: An Approach to
Inflection. Co-authored with Dieter Wunderlich.
Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 14, 2 (1995), 236 - 294
8. 1996 A Computational Model of Minimalist Morphology. Co-authored with Martina
Urbas and Markus Walther. Theoretical
Linguistics, 22, 3 (1996), 231 - 279
(appeared also
in 1995 in Arbeitspapiere des SFB 282
"Theorie des Lexikons" 62. Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf)
9. 1996 The Construct
State and the
Pseudo-Construct State in Maltese. Rivista
di Linguistica, 8.1, 229 - 244
(appeared also in 1994 in: A. Borg and F.
Plank (eds.) Eurotyp Working Papers)
10. 1998 Models of Inflection. In: R. Fabri, A. Ortmann and T. Parodi (eds.) Models of Inflection. In the series Linguistische Arbeiten, Niemeyer,
Tübingen
11. 1998 Maltilex: a computational lexicon for Maltese. Co-authored with M.
Rosner and Mr. J. Caruana). In: M. Rosner (ed.) (1998). Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages: proceedings of the
workshop. Montreal:
COLING-ACL
12.
2000 Linguistic and Computational
Aspects of Maltilex. Co-authored with M. Rosner, J. Caruana, M. Loughraieb, M.
Montebello, D. Galea and G. Mangion. Proceedings
of ATLAS the Arabic Translation and Localization Symposium, Tunis, Tunisia, 26 – 27 May 1999, 2-9
13. 2001 Definiteness Marking and the Structure of the NP in Maltese. Verbum 23, 2 (2001), 153-172
14. 2001 Maltese: the Language of the Maltese Archipelago. In: T. Stolz (ed.) Minor Languages of Europe.
Bochum:
Brockmeyer, 43-64.
15. 2002 Topic, Focus and Word Order in Maltese. Co-authored with Albert
Borg. In: Y. Abderrahim, F. Benjelloun,
M. Dahbi and Z. Iraqui-Sinaceur (eds.) Aspects
of the Dialects of Arabic Today. Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the
International Arabic Dialectology Association (AIDA). Marrakesh, Apr. 1-4.2000. In Honour of
Professor David Cohen. Rabat:
Amapatril, 354-363
16. 2006 Comments on Maltese orthographic variants. In: Innaqqsu
l-inċertezzi: seminar fuq il-varjanti ortografiċi 20 ta’ Jannar 2007: dokument
għad-diskussjoni. Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien
Malti
17. 2008 Lexical Functional Grammar. In: Keßler, Jörg-U. (ed.) Processability
Approaches to Second Language Development and Second Language Learning.
Cambridge: Cambridge
Scholars Press
18. 2009 To
agree or not to agree: suspension of formal agreement in Maltese. In: R. Fabri (ed.) Maltese
Linguistics: A Snapshot. In Memory of Joseph A. Cremona (1922 – 2003).
Il-Lingwa Tagħna – Our Language - Vol.Bochum:
Brockmeyer, 35-61
1/2009.
19. 2009 Introduction:
in memory of Joe A. Cremona. In: R. Fabri (ed.) Maltese Linguistics: In Memory of
Joseph A. Cremona (1922 – 2003). Il-Lingwa Tagħna – Our Language -.Vol.
1/2009. Bochum:
Brockmeyer, vii-xii
20. 2009 Compounding
and adjective-noun compounds in Maltese. In: B. Comrie, R. Fabri, M. Mifsud, E.
Hume, M. Mifsud, T. Stolz and M. Vanhove (eds.) Introducing Maltese Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 207-231
21. 2009 Stem
allomorphy in the Maltese verb. In: Ilsienna
- Our Language - Vol. 1/2009, 1-20
22. To appear:
Maltese. In: C. Delcourt and P. van Sterkenburg (eds.) The Languages of the 25. Revue belge de
Philologie et d'Histoire: RBPH, 85 (2007) 3 and Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John
Benjamins
Academic/Professional CV
since 2010 - Associate Professor, Linguistics
since 2009 - Chairman of the Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta
since 2005 - Member of the National Council for the Maltese Language
and head of the committee on IT and Maltese
1996 - 2010 - Senior lecturer in Linguistics at the Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta
1996 - 2007 - Coordinator of
courses in English for Academic Purposes, Institute of
Linguistics, University of Malta
1992 - 1996 - Research Fellow on project "The Lexical Basis of
Agreement", Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf,
Germany
1992 - Ph.D. in General Linguistics from Heinrich-Heine
University, Düsseldorf, Germany
1991 - 1992 - Research Assistant on project "The Lexical Basis of
Agreement" financed by the German Science Foundation
at Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
1989 - 1991 - Ph.D. grant from the Heinrich-Heine
University, Düsseldorf,Germany
1988 - 1988 - Research Assistant, Department of General Linguistics,
Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
1988 - M.A. Degree in General Linguistics from
Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
1979 - 1988 - Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Sprach-Centrum,
Ratingen,Germany
1978 - 1979 - Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, Milan, Italy
1977 - 1978 - Teacher of English, State School for Girls, Blata
l-Bajda, Malta
1976 - 1977 - Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, Department of
Education, MCAST, Msida, Malta
1972 - 1975 - B.A. (Hons.) Course in English Literature, University of
Malta, Tal-Qroqq, Malta
LINKS
Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti
Maltese Language Resource Server
The Institute Of Linguistics, University of Malta
Conference on Maltese Linguistics, Malta April 2011
L-Akkademja tal-Malti
Festival of Languages Bremen 2009