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The languages of Malta
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ISBN: 3961100705 3961100713 9783961100 9783961100712 9783961100705 Year: 2018 Publisher: Language Science Press

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The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language. 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.


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Coleridge's laws : a study of Coleridge in Malta
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ISBN: 9781906924140 1906924139 1906924147 2821816987 1906924120 9781906924133 9781906924126 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge : Open Book,

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for one, quite short, period of his life he held real political power – acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. This was a formative experience for Coleridge which he later identified as being one of the most instructive in his entire life. In this volume Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge’s actions whilst in a position of power differ markedly from the idealism he had advocated before taking office – shedding new light on Coleridge’s sense of political and legal morality.

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British -- Malta -- History -- 19th century. --- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, -- 1772-1834 -- Travel -- Malta. --- Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- English poetry -- Italian influences. --- Malta -- Intellectual life -- 1789-1900. --- Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography. --- Poets, English -- Homes and haunts -- Malta. --- Italian influences. --- Coleridge, S. T. --- Kolʹridzh, Samuil, --- Кольридж, Самуил, --- Kolʹridzh, Samuil Teĭlor, --- Кольридж, Самуил Тейлор, --- Kūlīridzh, Ṣāmwīl Tīlūr, --- קולרידג׳, סמיואל טיילור --- Kūlīridj, Ṣāmwīl Tīlūr, --- كولردج، صمويل تيلور, --- קאָלרידש, ס. ט., --- Republic of Malta --- Repubblika taʼ Malta --- State of Malta --- Malte --- Maltese Islands --- مالطة --- Mālṭah --- Мальта --- Рэспубліка Мальта --- Rėspublika Malʹta --- Republika Malta --- Малта --- Република Малта --- República de Malta --- Maltská republika --- Gweriniaeth Malta --- Republik Malta --- Malta Vabariik --- Μάλτα --- Δημοκρατία της Μάλτας --- Dēmokratia tēs Maltas --- Government of Malta --- Gvern ta̕ Malta --- マルタ --- Maruta --- Melita --- Poets, English --- British --- Critics --- English poetry --- English poets --- British people --- Britishers --- Britons (British) --- Brits --- Ethnology --- History --- Homes and haunts --- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, --- Travel --- Malta --- Intellectual life --- romanticism --- legal history --- romantic literature --- nineteenth century --- colonial government --- political history --- samuel taylor coleridge --- colonialism --- malta --- british imperial history --- maltese history --- Avvisi --- Royal commission --- British imperial history --- Colonial government --- Colonialism --- Legal history --- Maltese history --- Political history --- Romantic literature --- Romanticism --- Nineteenth century

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