Maltese / Albert Borg and Marie Azzopardi-Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borg, Albert J., author.

Contributor:

Azzopardi-Alexander, Marie, 1952-

Series:

Descriptive grammars.

Descriptive grammars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maltese language--Grammar.

Maltese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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).

Contents:

Cover; Maltese; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Conventions; Abbreviations; 1. Syntax; 1.1. General questions; 1.1.1. Sentence types; 1.1.2. Subordination; 1.1.2.2. Noun clauses; 1.1.2.3. Adjective clauses; 1.1.2.4. Adverb clauses; 1.2. Structural questions; 1.2.1. Internal structure of the sentence; 1.2.1.1. Copular sentences; 1.2.1.2. Verbal sentences; 1.2.1.3. Adverbials; 1.2.2. Adjective phrases; 1.2.3. Adverbial phrase; 1.2.4. Prepositional phrases; 1.2.5. Noun phrase; 1.3. Coordination; 1.4. Negation; 1.5. Anaphora; 1.6. Reflexives; 1.7. Reciprocals

1.8. Comparison1.9. Equatives; 1.10. Possession; 1.11. Emphasis; 1.12. Topic; 1.13. Heavy Shift; 1.14. Other movement processes; 1.15. Minor sentence-types; 1.16. Operational definitions for word-classes; 2. Morphology; 2.1. Inflection; 2.1.1. Noun-inflection; 2.1.2. Pronouns; 2.1.3. Verb morphology; 2.1.4. Adjectives; 2.1.5. Prepositions; 2.1.6. Numerals/quantifiers; 2.1.7. Adverbs; 2.1.8. Clitics; 2.2. Derivational Morphology; 3. Phonology; 3.1. Phonological units (segmental); 3.2. Phonotactics; 3.3. Suprasegmentals; 3.4. Morphophonology (segmental); 3.5. Morphophonology (suprasegmental)

Table 27. English loan verbs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-384) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-85528-9

0-203-19260-5

1-299-28534-1

1-136-85521-1

9780203192603

OCLC:

831121517