The languages of Malta
Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowe...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Berlin :
Language Science Press
C 2018.
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| Collection: | Studies in diversity linguistics
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| Accès en ligne: | https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/182 Accès Université d'Orléans |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2020-04-30 Titre provenant de l'écran-titre Language Science Press (hors Licence nationale) |
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| Résumé: | Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British colonial rule, and just as in other former British colonies, a characteristic Maltese variety of English has developed. To these languages must be added Maltese Sign Language, which is the language of the Maltese Deaf community. This was recently recognised as Malta s third official language by an act of Parliament in 2016. While a volume such as the present one can hardly do justice to all aspects of a diverse and complex linguistic situation, even in a small community like that of Malta, our aim in editing this books was to shed light on the main strands of research being undertaken in the Maltese linguistic context. |
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| Description: | Description d'après la consultation, 2020-04-30 Titre provenant de l'écran-titre Language Science Press (hors Licence nationale) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliographie: | Bibliographie en fin de chapitres. Index |
| ISBN: | 9783961100705 |