Maltese

• Author(s): Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Albert Borg,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 416
• ISBN_10: 1136855289
  ISBN_13: 9781136855283
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference ,

Description:... 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).