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Show/Hide Abstract Progressives in Maltese English: A comparison with spoken and written text types of British and American English (2012)
Michaela Hilbert Manfred Krug
In investigating progressives in Maltese English we use data from a sub-sample of ICE-Malta and parallel British and American texts, as well as questionnaires from these countries. Progressives in written Maltese English, with one exception, broadly follow the British exonormative standard. However, substantial differences are evident in spoken texts, including the extension of progressives to stative verbs. But the differences cannot generally be explained in terms of overuse and extension. Our data confirm previous comparative studies in that the use of progressives also in Maltese English is subject to text type and formality considerations. Two additional important factors are language contact (e.g. the existence of parallel constructions and imperfectives in Maltese) and language-internal constraints (e.g. a cline between dynamic and stative verbs).
Early Modern English: The Great Vowel Shift (2012)
Manfred Krug
English historical linguistics : an international handbook (2012)
Gabriele Knappe Julia Schlüter Manfred Krug
Standards of English in Malta and the Channel Islands (2012)
Manfred Krug Anna Rosen
Maltese English (2012)
Lisa Bonnici Michaela Hilbert Manfred Krug

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