Conference Description
The International
Association of Maltese Linguistics (Għaqda Internazzjionali tal-Lingwistika
Maltija (GĦILM)) is pleased to announce the 2nd International
Conference of Maltese Linguistics. This year's topic is
Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society.
Invited speakers
The wide range of topics covered by the talks of our invited speakers ( Programme) demonstrates that Maltese Linguistics
fulfils the requirements of becoming a full-blown sub-discipline of linguistics.
-
Albert Borg
[http://www.um.edu.mt/linguistics/staff/albertborg]
(Insitute of Linguistics, University of Malta),
Lectal strata of Maltese
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Joseph M. Brincat
[http://www.um.edu.mt/contact/josephmbrincat]
(Department of Italian, University of Malta),
The genesis of Maltese
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Antoinette Camilleri-Grima
[http://www.um.edu.mt/linguistics/staff/antoinettecamilleri-grima]
(Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta),
Giving compliments in Maltese
-
Ray Fabri
[http://www.um.edu.mt/contact/rayfabri]
(Institute of Linguistics, University of Malta),
The language of young Maltese speakers
-
Manwel Mifsud
[http://www.um.edu.mt/contact/manwelmifsud]
(Department of Maltese, University of Malta),
Disturbing old balances and establishing new ones: an impact assessment of loan
words on some schemata in Maltese
- Gilbert Puech (Université de Lyon 2), How contemporary Phonetic Variations reflect
the dynamics of Maltese in space, time and society
- Olvin Vella (Department of Maltese, University of Malta), The old documents
of Maltese
Venue
The conference will be hosted by the
University of Bremen/Germany, where linguistic research on Maltese and languages
of the Mediterranean has had a long tradition. The conference is organised by the
Institute of General and Applied
Linguistics (IAAS) of the University of Bremen. The conference is scheduled
for Semptember 19–21, 2009 and forms part of a series of fifteen international conferences
on the occasion of the Festival
of languages (Bremen/Germany, 17 September – 7 October, 2009), organised
by the Institute of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS) at the University of
Bremen.
For details on various aspects of the venue please consult the following pages:
Programme
As to the programme there are still free
slots on the reserve list and in the poster session.
The conference language is English.
Abstract guidelines
Abstracts should be 600 words (approx) and they should be sent by email to ghaqda@uni-bremen.de. Deadline for receipt
of abstracts is June 15, 2009. The authors will be notified of acceptance decicions
by August 15th 2009. At the current state of affairs listing
of abstracts does not necessarily indicate
acceptance.
Proceedings
A volume with the proceedings of the conference will be published.
Conference Fees
The fees for this conference are as follows:
Conference fees
|
Full rate |
Student rate |
until 15/8/2009
|
€ 100.00 |
€ 50.00
|
after 15/8/2009 |
€ 150.00 |
€ 75.00 |
In case you are in interested in attending other conventions of our "conference
marathon" you should follow this link: Conference Fees
Summary.
Registration
Please note that you can register for more than one conference in one booking. For
details on the registraton procedure please consult
Registration.