/library/oar/handle/123456789/26068 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:40:51 GMT 2025-11-13T22:40:51Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26227 Title: The first congress on Mediterranean studies of Arabo-Berber influence Abstract: The editor, J. Aquilina in the new edition of the Journal of Maltese Studies talks about the first ever congress on Mediterranean Studies of Arabo-Berber influence. This conference, held from 3rd to 6th April 1972 was organized by the Department of Maltese and Oriental languages. The interests of the Department 'of Maltese and Oriental Languages are certainly not just insular. They are of a Mediterranean nature in a broad sense. As the language is made up of Semitic and Romance elements, so the interests of the Department spread out both towards Europe and the East (the Arab world). They are all centred round Euro-African studies, with their many ramifications. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26227 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26226 Title: Two old poems Abstract: The two poems which follow differ slightly in their nature. The first, 'From the Singing of the People,' is rather a collection of varying numbers of separate, or related, verses: it will be seen that some of them are spoken by a man, others by a woman. Many of these verses might well have had their origin at some function such as Mnarja, the festivities held in the Buskett Gardens on the eve of, and during, the feast of SS. Peter and Paul (29th June). Here, friendly competitions would develop, often spontaneously, between two or more people, each trying to outdo the other in impromptu verse. The second poem, 'The Bride of Mosta,' is a unity, with a narrative theme, and is the more interesting of the two as regards its history. One of the oldest songs there is in Maltese, it was widely known in olden days, but seems gradually to have become less and less widely known. This is one of the hazards in the life of those tales which are preserved by oral means only. Fortunately, before possibly being lost, it was committed to writing and first appeared in 1897 in Archivio Glottologico Italiano by Professor Luigi Bonelli. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26226 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26225 Title: Due epoche linguistiche nella lingua Maltese Abstract: In this study, the author has collected a good number of words of practical utility, classifying them according to their etymological origin to give an idea of ​​the lexical structure Semitic-Romance of the language still spoken by the entire population in the Maltese islands. The two lexical elements merge into one homogeneity of compact composition that is a lively source of different ways of lively expressions in the spoken language and a growing one number of literary works in prose and verse. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26225 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26224 Title: Two folkloristic articles Abstract: The author gives the reader several folktales that exist not just in Malta, but all over the world. One being Cinderella and Gahan. Folktales are not only the reflection of traditional values, but also the means for the people to project a certain number of psychological preoccupations. The study of folktales requires a thorough knowledge of the people and of their language. In this article, the author studies the meanings behind these folktales and how they differ from each country. Fri, 01 Jan 1971 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/26224 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z