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On Saturday, 2 November 2024, an activity was organised at the Valletta Campus of the University of Malta.

In this activity, the new site of the Malta Centre (Bremen-Malta), , was launched, and a glossing workshop was held for Maltese. In Linguistics, glossing refers to a series of short explanations, like morphosyntactic markers, inserted in academic texts and other works of a linguistic nature. These markers are placed between the example and the translation of the phrases/sentences in the studied language. Glossing, then, allows researchers to identify the various components, known as morphemes, that make up part of the example in question.

, who thanked everyone who contributed to the establishment of the Centre and the organization of its activities, started the meeting. and spoke after him, who launched the Centre's new site and showed the audience the sections in it, including the aims and history of the Centre, and other useful tools, including a bibliography of ' Linguistic works in Maltese.' They expressed the wish that anyone who has any suggestion to improve the site, contact the Centre from the "Talk to us" button that is on the site itself. 

After the launch of the site, two presentations were made, one by on some problems related to glossing for Maltese, and the other by Prof. Thomas Stolz on how glossing "facilitates international communication about linguistics."

The participants of the workshop were divided into groups and asked to do the glossing of a few words and phrases in Maltese, and to discuss the obstacles they encountered and some solutions. 

The participants and the organisers agreed that a committee of experts should be appointed to, together, create a glossing manual for Maltese. This committee should present its proposals to the members of GHILM at the International Conference on Maltese Linguistics next year and, eventually, publish them.

The Malta Centre is a collaboration project between the University of Bremen and the University of Malta, with the aim of fostering continuous interest in Maltese linguistics both in the universities and beyond.

This article is also available in Maltese.