Particle verbs versus simplex verbs in Maldivian English

• Published in: World Englishes Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 339 - 359
• Main Authors: Bernaisch, Tobias, Suad, Aishath, Saeed, Aminath
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2025
• Subjects: Acceptability; Diachronic linguistics; Function words; Phrasal verbs; Polls & surveys; Speech communities; Verbs

Notwithstanding current indications that English might soon become the country's dominant L1, the structures of English in the Maldives have—despite laudable exceptions—not yet received sufficient academic attention. The present paper studies the contrast between simplex verbs (e.g. COMPRISE) a...