Adam Ussishkin heads up effort to update and digitize Maltese-English dictionary

UA linguist Adam Ussishkin, whose research interests span phonology, psycholinguistics, Semitic languages and grammar, has headed up an effort to update and digitize the Maltese-English dictionary of record.
The standard Maltese-English dictionary, originally drafted by 20th century linguist Joseph Aquilina over nearly 50 years, has served as the language's primary linguistic source for decades.
Subsequently, much of the dictionary – published in volumes leading up to the 1980s – is outdated, which poses some challenges for speakers and researchers, said Adam Ussishkin, a University of Arizona linguistics professor.
This resulted in a major undertaking led by Ussishkin and...