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Title: | Book review : A history of Għarb |
Authors: | Cauchi, Maurice N. |
Keywords: | Books -- Reviews Gharb (Malta) -- History |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Gozo Campus |
Citation: | Cauchi, M. (2019). Book review : A history of Għarb. The Gozo Observer, 40, 37-39. |
Abstract: | For outsiders, one of the most characteristic features of Għarb has been the more obvious remains of a Semitic heritage as manifested in vocabulary as well as some characteristics of pronounciation (now largely lost), indicating a link with Semitic languages, particularly, in my opinion, with that of Lebanon/Syria rather than with North Africa. It is an unfortunate fact that the last evidence of origins has practically disappeared. Such language remains – no more than language equivalent of archaeological shards – have to be clearly distinguished from the so-called ‘Brejku’ (‘Brajku’ ‘Ebrajku’) which some still confuse with the Għarb dialect, which the initial investigators (Mikiel Anton Vassalli and others) have shown was no more than a gimmick, a way the villagers show their irritating foreign visitors that they were not welcome, a metaphorical raised middle finger in fact. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48953 |
Appears in Collections: | The Gozo Observer - Issue 40, Summer 2019 The Gozo Observer - Issue 40, Summer 2019 |
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