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Date: 21 Oct 2009
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Subject:Maltese Linguistics CFP

nternational Programme in Maltese Linguistics

Date: 22-Mar-2010 - 31-Mar-2010
Location: Valletta, Malta
Contact: Alexandra Vella
Contact Email: alexandra.vella at um.edu.mt
Meeting URL: http://www.fis.com.mt/programmes.html

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Morphology; Phonology;  
Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Maltese (mlt)

Meeting Description:

The Institute of Linguistics in collaboration with the Department of  
Maltese of the University of Malta is pleased to announce a call for  
participation in the International Programme in Maltese Linguistics to  
be held in Malta from 22-31 March 2010. The programme was offered for  
the first time in the summer of 2009, and, like the Summer School in  
Maltese Linguistics that ran in June 2009, it is being organised  
through the Foundation for International Studies ltd at the Old  
University in Valletta. The programme comprises lectures and seminars,  
as well as a number of visits to historical sites, some with  
linguistic interest, around Malta and Gozo. It will provide  
participants with a unique opportunity to become acquainted with  
different aspects of the linguistic structure of Maltese. It is aimed  
primarily at linguists and students of linguistics but should also  
appeal to practitioners working with Maltese, such as translators and  
language teachers, particularly teachers of Maltese to adults/ 
foreigners. A parallel course in Maltese involving input from  
lecturers of the University of Malta's Skola tal-Malti will also be  
offered if enough interest is expressed.

Comments from June 2009 participants:

'As an Arabist and a historical linguist, I found the programme  
extremely interesting, stimulating and beneficial. I think it would be  
useful to students and researchers in Arabic dialectology, historical  
linguistics, contact linguistics, varieties of English and linguistic  
typology.' --C.L., Cambridge.

'It was an excellent experience. The very thorough programme on  
Maltese Linguistics is suitable even for students who only have  
limited knowledge about Maltese. For me as a student who has been  
dealing with Maltese for some time, this programme was the ideal place  
not only to revise and deepen my knowledge of the language structure  
but also to get an update on current issues in Maltese linguistics.' -- 
J.J., Osnabrück.

Topics to be discussed will include:

-The segmental phonetics and phonology of Maltese
-Maltese prosody
-The historical phonology and morphology of Maltese
-Word formation processes in Maltese: derivation, inflection,  
compounding
-Verbless sentences
-Topicalisation
-Tense and aspect in Maltese
-Reflections on aspects of Maltese vocabulary
-Maltese and other languages: A linguistic history of Malta
-Language use in the Maltese context
-Computer technologies and Maltese
-Maltese in the media
-Language planning in the Maltese context
-Literature in Maltese
-Maltese in the EU context
-Maltese Sign Language



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