Welcome!
The International Association of Maltese Linguistics
(Għaqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija) was founded on October
19 2007 during the first
conference on Maltese linguistics at the University of Bremen. The conference
was attended by over 50 scholars from France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Malta, and the US.
Thomas Stolz (Institute
of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS)) was appointed as the first president,
while Manwel Mifsud, chairman of the Kunsill tal-Malti and Professor of Maltese at the University of Malta,
Bernard Comrie (Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), Beth Hume (Dept. of Linguistics, Ohio State University), Martine
Vanhove ( Langues et
Cultures d'Afrique Noire (LLACAN)), and Ray Fabri from the University of
Malta's Department
of Linguistics were appointed as vice-presidents.
The association's aim is to stimulate the study of Maltese. It will strive to create
other university centres of the language outside Malta. This in turn will lead to
networking between scholars and researchers from many quarters.
On the pages of GĦILM you can find information about our
publications ILSIENNA
and IL-LINGWA TAGĦNA,
as well as upcoming events
and conferences. Furthermore, you can visit
our expanding collection of resources on Maltese languages in the links section.
The news section includes reminders for upcoming conferences, recent press
reports and new online resources for Maltese linguistics.
If you want to point us to relevant resources, conferences or workshops related to the Maltese language, please do not hesitate to
send the information to ghaqda@uni-bremen.de.