CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy,

Jean-François Colson wrote:

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> Malta is a bilingual state. Do everyone in Malta speaks English fluently? (I
> don't know precisely the linguistic situation of that island.)
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Yes. Well, their English is certainly pretty damn good. I was on a choir
tour to Malta and Gozo about three years ago and had no problems
communicating...which was probably just as well, because Maltese has a
lot of Arabic influence in it, which makes attempting the language a bit
tricky for an IE family speaker like me :)

Livi

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