Maltese and other languages
Subtitle: a linguistic history of Malta
By: Joseph M. Brincat
Series: Maltese social studies -- 19
Publisher: Midsea Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sta Venera, Malta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9789993273431
Subjects: Maltese language; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-482) and index.
Table of contents: title: Before Maltese; title: The intriguing beginnings of Maltese (870-1154); title: The first contacts with Romance languages : the Sicilian dialect, 1091-1530; title: From Sicilian to Maltese (ca 1200-1530); title: The Sicilian component : problems, principles and solutions; title: The transition from Sicilian to Italian; title: Studies on Maltese in the times of the Knights; title: British rule : from Maltese-Italian diglossia to Maltese-English bilingualism; title: The twentieth century : standardization, contact and the stratification of Maltese; title: The present : bilingualism, code switching and varieties : a sociolinguistic snapshot.