Arabic-L:LING:Summer School in Maltese Linguistics

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1) Subject:Summer School in Maltese Linguistics

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Date: 23 Oct 2008
From:sandra.vella at PT.LU
Subject:Summer School in Maltese Linguistics

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am writing on behalf of the Foundation for International Studies  
through which the Institute of Linguistics of the University of Malta,  
in collaboration with the Department of Maltese, is hoping to organize  
its first Summer School in Maltese Linguistics to be held in Malta in  
June 2009. The Summer School should provide linguists and students of  
linguistics in particular, but also others working in, through or with  
Maltese such as translators and language teachers, with a unique  
opportunity to become better acquainted with different aspects of the  
linguistics structure of Maltese. The option of sessions in Maltese  
for Foreigners will also be available if enough interest is expressed

We would appreciate your reading the information below and replying to  
the Market Research Questionnaire below. Please email your response  
either to me at  <mailto:alexandra.vella at um.edu.mt> alexandra.vella at um.edu.mt 
  or to  <mailto:programmes at com.mt> programmes at com.mt as soon as  
possible.

Best wishes,

sandra
(Dr. Alexandra Vella)

P.S. Please forward this email to others you think may be interested  
in this.


Summer School in Maltese Linguistics

The Institute of Linguistics, in collaboration with the Department of  
Maltese, Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta and the Foundation  
for International Studies, will be organizing its first Summer School  
in Maltese Linguistics, to be held in Malta from June 15 to 26, 2009.

The Summer School is aimed mainly at those interested in the  
linguistics of Maltese rather than at those interested in learning  
Maltese.  Specialists in different aspects of Maltese linguistics will  
lecture on the following areas within more general topics such as:
*	The Sound System of Maltese (e.g. the phonemic inventory and  
allophonic variation, Maltese phonotactics, syllable structure,  
stress, intonation);
*	The Maltese Lexicon (e.g. the provenance of Maltese words, word- 
formation processes);
*	The Grammar and Semantics of Maltese (tense and aspect,  
topicalisation, subordination, word order, referring expressions);
·        Maltese in Context (e.g. the historical development of  
Maltese, language use in the Maltese context, the Maltese media,  
language planning in the Maltese context, Maltese in the context of  
the EU, computational resources for Maltese, Maltese Sign Language).

No knowledge of Maltese is required although an interest in the  
language is a pre-requisite.  All lectures on the linguistics of  
Maltese will be given in English although the Maltese for adults/ 
foreigners course/s will be held in Maltese.

Questionnaire

Please tick the appropriate boxes, indicating whether you would be  
able to participate in the first Summer School in Maltese Linguistics  
to be held in Malta from June 15 to 26 2009. The Summer School will  
consist of two parts:

1.      the Linguistics of Maltese part of the Summer School; and/ 
or                               
2.      the Maltese Language for adults/foreigners part of the Summer  
School at –
a.      beginner  
level 
;                                                                                               
b.      intermediate  
level 
.                                                                                         

Please send your reply by email to the addresses listed above.

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