From Language to Ethnolect: Maltese to Maltraljan  

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Bovingdon, Roderick

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Issues in Language Planning vol. 5 no. 2 (2004), page 166-175.
Topik: Standard Maltese; ethnolect formation; Maltese in Australia; immigrants; attitudes
Fulltext: Vol. 5, No. 2, 2004, 166-175.pdf (84.11KB)

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This paper outlines the influences that led to new ethnolect formation among an immigrant group, the Maltese, in Australia. Their sociolinguistic background and new linguistic environment brought about a divergence, particularly in terminology, from Standard Maltese, and necessitated the compilation of a glossary of the new ethnolect, Maltraljan. The newly emerged terminology has found acceptance by a government agency as a result of community-led rather than government-planned influence.

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