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  2. Faculty of Arts
  3. Department of Maltese
  4. Journal of Maltese Studies
  5. 1978
  6. JMS, Volume 12
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dc.date.accessioned2018-03-05T13:25:27Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-05T13:25:27Z-
dc.date.issued1978-
dc.identifier.citationAquilina, J. (1978). Languages in contact in Malta. Journal of Maltese Studies, 12, 45-62.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/27621-
dc.descriptionLecture delivered on 19th April 1976 to participants attending the Conference on Bilingualism and Education with special reference to Malta.en_GB
dc.description.abstractThe Maltese people may not be bi-lingual or multi-lingual to the extent of some of the inhabitants of Swiss cantons, but the Maltese have their own type of bilingualism, and, in some cases, also tri-lingualism. By 'bilingualism' or 'multilingualism' for Malta there are two or more languages used alternately by different speakers generally in different social contexts, one of which is primary (the native language); and the other is secondary - as a rule a foreign language (in our case either English or Italian or both - tri-lingualism). Languages in contact inevitably affect one another in several ways and at different levels. Therefore, in this article the author focuses on the languages used in Malta and how these languages have conditioned present day language habits.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Maltaen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectBilingualism -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectLinguistic change -- Maltaen_GB
dc.titleLanguages in contact in Maltaen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedN/Aen_GB
dc.publication.titleJournal of Maltese Studiesen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorAquilina, J.-
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