Loan Verbs in Maltese A Descriptive and Comparative Study |
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| Author:
| Mifsud, Manwel |
| Series title: | Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-10091-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $322.95 |
Book Description:
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A description of the processes by which, over centuries of large-scale contact, Romance (Old Sicilian and Italian) and English verbs have been integrated to varying degrees into the Arabic structure of Maltese. Loan verbs are analysed and classified into categories ranging from fully naturalised verbs to "undigested" loans.
A description of the processes by which, over centuries of large-scale contact, Romance (Old Sicilian and Italian) and English verbs have been integrated to varying degrees into the Arabic structure of Maltese. Loan verbs are analysed and classified into categories ranging from fully naturalised verbs to "undigested" loans.