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Article: Loan Verbs in Maltese: A Descriptive and Comparative Study.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
- Author:
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This is a masterly piece of work, in which an all but exhaustive corpus of Maltese loan verbs has been subjected to stringent analysis, and the results set forth in a highly disciplined progressive form, leading to clear and far-reaching conclusions. In seeking parallels and possible influences, the author has ranged over a number of Arabic and Italian dialects, and occasionally ventured into other language groups as well.
No less impressive is the fact that for all the complexity of the material, the book is virtually self-contained, demanding of the reader close attention but hardly any previous expertise. At an early stage, the geographical and politico-cultural ...