Manwel Mifsud

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 Descriptive and Comparative Study

Loan Verbs in Maltese

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.

Albert J. Borg

Deskrizzjoni komunikattiva ta'I-Ilsien Malti fuq il-mudell tat- "Threshold Level 1990

Fuq I-Għatba tal-Malti

Martine Vanhove

Elizabeth Hume

Thomas Stolz

Bernard Comrie

Ray Fabri

This collection of articles highlights a selection of on-going research projects. Phonological, morphological, and syntactic issues are addressed by international experts on Maltese. The diachronic development of Maltese, its age-long contact with Italo-Romance, and the present diglossic situation with co-official English are the topics of a variety of contributions to this volume. The repercussions that the promotion of Maltese to the status of official working language of the EU has on the Maltese lexicon are discussed. A project on the sociolinguistics of non-native Maltese-English is presented. The problems posed by the creation of electronic resources for Maltese are equally focused upon. The papers amply demonstrate that Maltese Linguistics can stand on its own outside the traditional field of Oriental Studies.

Selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Maltese Linguistics, Bremen, 1820 October, 2007

Introducing Maltese Linguistics

Manwel Mifsud

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