Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Historical Linguistics -- Maltese and North African linguistics: Common roots and areal divergence -- The diachrony of word-final obstruent devoicing in Maltese -- The history of the Maltese short vowels -- An observation on the ḥāl construction in Maltese -- Minsel. An etymological database for lexemes of Arabic origin in Maltese -- Part II: Syntax -- Will it agree or not? Syntactic overgeneralization leading to agreement mismatches in Maltese -- Argument extension in Maltese -- Lanqas, negative concord and predicate negation in Maltese -- From variation towards the grammar of Maltese prepositions - first steps -- Form and behavior of Maltese prepositions - A usage-based approach -- Part III: Phonology -- To be or not to be an affricate - affricated stops in Maltese -- Revisiting the definite article in Maltese -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects