Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society
Year: 2011
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Although Maltese is historically mainly associated to the spoken variety, as English has always had a significant role where reading and writing are concerned, its use as a written form is very widespread in all means of communication, including the more modern ones. This paper aims to identify some of the main characteristics of the language as it is used in computer-mediated chat conversations and to provide a description of il-Malti Mgħaġġel (literally, ‘hurried Maltese’). Most of the considerations that will be presented are based on orthographic variation, though some other linguistic will also be discussed.
Source: OAR@UM (University of Malta)
Authors: Sandro Caruana, Ray Fabri, Thomas Stolz
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W569944409