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Maltese and Other Languages
Throughout the ages, the Maltese language has undergone a series of internal changes as well as modifications and accretions caused by various external forces. Internal changes are not easy to date and explain because they require a painstaking comparative exercise that can be carried out only by experts in Semitic languages. As a result, their systematic description in a historical grammar of Maltese has not yet been published. By contrast, the external history of Maltese is essentially an account of its contact with various languages. All languages are marked by contact, albeit to varying degrees. Gumperz holds that "most words in most modern languages would count as borrowed" (1982: 67), ...
Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature
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The languages of Malta
The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language. Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British...
Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language and its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature
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Maltese
Focusing primarily on Standard Maltese, the authors clarify many areas which, until now, remain undefined, with emphasis on syntax and intonation. English loanwords continue to find their way into Standard Maltese, especially as the Maltese inhabitants become increasingly bilingual, and the variations are studied, as well as their morphological behavior. The book describes the syntactic, morphological and phonological structure of Maltese as one integrated linguistic system composed of different strands (Arabic, Romance and English).
Learn the Maltese Language
Difficulties learning the Maltese language? Maltese doesn't seem to make much sense? You can't find a good grammar book? The explanations you receive complicate your learning? A book for beginners This book explains the Maltese grammar in an easy way. Not too much explanations. Not too complicated explanations. Just simple. Examples to clarify the grammar. Clear and concise. With this book, you'll be able to: Pronounce Maltese words Conjugate verbs in the present tense Use the imperative Apply the negative Conjugate verbs in the simple past and in the future Conjugate verbs in all the other tenses Put the right article in front of the nouns Use the Maltese comparative and superlative Form prepositions, attached or not Use the possessive Present yourself Use interrogative pronouns Count until one million Tell what time it is Know the meaning of Maltese cities Where to find further resources to learn more Maltese Ready to learn Maltese? Start today by buying this book!
Maltese Linguistics on the Danube
This volume brings together a dozen papers on various aspects of Maltese, relevant also for the study of related languages and general descriptive and typological linguistics. The diachronic section begins with an analysis of the place of Maltese in its North African context (Souag). Avram and van Putten then provide analyses of the development of Maltese phonological inventory, the former discussing obstruent devoicing, the latter tracing the evolution of Maltese short vowels. Sumikazu examines a type of circumstantial clause in Maltese and the section concludes with a description of a digital etymological lexicon of Maltese (Gatt). Turning to syntax, Borg and Amaira analyze agreement misma...
Views On the Improvement of the Maltese Language and Its Use for the Purposes of Education and Literature
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