Objective and Content of the Conference
Contemporary Maltese: Linguistic Challenges in Communication and Translation
After 6 successful conferences in Bremen (twice), Malta, Lyon, Torino and Bratislava we are happy to hold the
7th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics in Kraków on July 10-11, 2019
with the main topic Contemporary Maltese: Linguistic Challenges in Communication and Translation. The conference will be jointly organized by Għaqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija and by the Jagiellonian University Kraków (Przemysław Turek).
Invited speakers: TBA
Call for Papers:
We invite abstracts for oral presentations on all topics related to Maltese linguistics,
as well as papers focusing on Maltese in relation to other languages. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to
- Psycholinguistics
- Historical approaches to Maltese and related languages
- Language contact
- Computational approaches to Maltese and Semitic languages
- Typological perspectives on Maltese and related languages
- Language acquisition in the Maltese context
- Variation and dialectology in the Maltese context
- Lexicography
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Maltese in the European context
Abstracts for oral presentations should not exceed 300 words. Each presentation
should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for questions and/or discussion.
The conference language is English.
Abstracts will be reviewed by the programme committee:
- Thomas Stolz (Bremen)
- Ray Fabri (Malta)
- Adam Ussishkin (University of Arizona)
- Martine Vanhove (Villejuif)
- Albert Borg (Malta)
Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 15, 2019
Please send your abstracts to Benjamin Saade:
bsaade@uni-bremen.de
Notification of abstract acceptance: April 15, 2019
Registration fees: 100€. This includes coffee breaks and the conference dinner.
The deadline for registration and bank transfer of the conference fee is June 15!