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dc.contributor.author | Vassallo, Mario Thomas | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-02T12:49:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-02T12:49:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Vassallo, M. T. (2021). Politics and power in Maltese proverbs and idioms. European Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics Studies, 4(4), 113-130. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/96976 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Given its centuries-old origins and the inimitable mix of Semitic and Latinized vocabulary, the Maltese language benefits from a massive repertoire of proverbs and idioms that interpret life realities from the perspective of the common folks. The scope of this paper is to decipher a number of Maltese proverbs and idioms that encompass elements of political power and control. Each selected expression is probed in terms of political theory and contextualized from a sociological and anthropological standpoint. Such an analysis provides a cornucopia of diachronic and synchronic insights on how the Maltese perceive power and manipulation, judge the elites and the privileged, assess the art of politics and treat patronage and clientelism. “The wit of one and the wisdom of many” has organically led them to affirm their conviction that power manipulation, greed and elite collegiality, distortion of political virtues and exploitation of power games to the leverage of both the disadvantaged and the privileged are universal realities. In other words, these phenomena involving power and politics exist independently of the locals’ perceptions or interpretations. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Open Access Publishing Group | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese language -- Idioms -- History and criticism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese language -- Idioms -- Political aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Proverbs, Maltese -- History and criticism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Maltese language -- Idioms -- Social aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Proverbs, Maltese -- Social aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Proverbs, Maltese -- Political aspects | en_GB |
dc.title | Politics and power in Maltese proverbs and idioms | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.46827/ejlll.v4i4.242 | - |
dc.publication.title | European Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics Studies | en_GB |
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