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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/27979| Title: | Verb-Subject order in Maltese |
| Authors: | Kalmar, Ivan Agius, Dionisius A. |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- Verb Grammar, Comparative and general Maltese language -- Foreign elements -- Arabic Maltese language -- Variation Maltese language -- Grammar |
| Issue Date: | 1981 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Kalmar, I. & Agius, D. (1981). Verb-Subject order in Maltese. Journal of Maltese Studies, 14, 22-31. |
| Abstract: | In the Maltese language, as well as in other modern Arabic dialects, the normal order of words in a sentence is strikingly different from classical Arabic. In the classical language and in the conservative literary Arabic of today, the unmarked word order is verb first, subject second. However, there are many contexts in Maltese where verb-subject (VS) order is still possible along with subject-verb (SV) order. And in some cases, VS order is still obligatory. The purpose of this paper is to survey the kinds of VS constructions found in Maltese, and to offer an explanation for their persistence in what is primarily 'an SV language'. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/27979 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMS, Volume 14 JMS, Volume 14 |
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