OAR@½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Collection: /library/oar/handle/123456789/24156 2026-08-10T11:32:33Z Hyphen : Volume 4, Number 6 /library/oar/handle/123456789/24211 Title: Hyphen : Volume 4, Number 6 Editors: Mallia-Milanes, Victor; Scerri, Louis J.; Zammit Ciantar, Joe; Caruana Carabez, Charles Abstract: Hyphen, Volume 4, No, 6 (1985) 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Il-lingwa letterarja u l-Malti standard /library/oar/handle/123456789/24206 Title: Il-lingwa letterarja u l-Malti standard Abstract: Għadu komuni f'Malta I-ħsieb li min jikteb xogħol letterarju jkun qiegħed jagħti wkoll sehem fit-trawwim tal-lingwa. L-egħruq ta' din il-fehma lokali jinsabu fil-mottiv ewlieni li kellhom il-kittieba Maltin mill-bidu tal-moviment lellerarju bl-ilsien nattiv sa flit ilu, jiÄ¡ifieri li jagħtu bixra serja lill-kitba ta' l-ilsien. B'konsegwenza, minħabba I-programm ta' rikostruzzjoni lingwistika - sintattika u lessikali - l-għan fundamentali tal-Iellerat (l-espressjoni estetika ta' kontenut imÄ¡arrab) ingħata importanza sekondarja. Dan ma jgħoddx għall-ilħna kollha, u anqas ma jgħodd għall-bqija bl-istess mod, iħda xhieda tal-fenomenu tinsab fil-fatt li meta spunta d-dibattitu bejn l-awturi kien aktarx dejjem ta' xenta apoloÄ¡etika, difiża tal-lingwa u mhux espożizzjoni ta' temperamenti letterarji, idejologiji djalettiÄ‹i, jew parteÄ‹ipazzjoni maħsusa fil-kurrenti Ewropej. Din il-parteÄ‹ipazzjoni, bla dubju, hi prezenti l-ħin kollu, iżda aktarx awtomatikament, u mhux skond kuxjenza kritika, Hi ħaga iebsa li wieħed jifred minn xulxin l-għan ta' rikostruzzjoni lingwistika u l-għan ta' l-espressjoni letterarja, meta wieħed iqis li l-Ä¡rajja tal-kelma Maltija mħaddma b'arti hi Ä¡rajja li tinfirex fi ħdan il-moviment romantiku TaIjan, jiÄ¡ifieri m'hix eqdem minn mitejn sena. Bis-saħħa ta' dak li gnħamlu l-poeti u r-rumanzieri tradizzjonali, dawn is-sisien tqiegħdu ftit jew wisq fuq is-sod, u llum l-awtur jista' jħares lejn I-isfida lellerarja b'maturita li I-biċċa I-kbira ta' I-awturi ta' qablu ma setgħux jaslu għaliha. II-polemika għebet, il-lingwaggi letterarji nħolqu, il-kelma standard daħlet u I-perspettivi kulturali ta' I-individwi nfetħu u aġġornaw ruhhom. 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Allegory and the old man in Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' /library/oar/handle/123456789/24204 Title: Allegory and the old man in Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' Abstract: The Old Man who meekly greets the three revellers on their quest for death has been the subject of controversy over a number of years, the question being largely one of identification. Who is the Old Man and what is his exact function in the tale? In the numerous analogues compiled by Bryan and Dempster he does not make an appearance, and it is therefore assumed that he is largely Chaucer's creation. 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The first decades of the Inquisition 1546-1581 /library/oar/handle/123456789/22417 Title: The first decades of the Inquisition 1546-1581 Authors: Cassar, Carmel Abstract: The records of the Tribunal of the Inquisition constitute a great mine of informal ion for most aspects of Maltese history. The evolution of the Tribunal from a department of the Bishop's Curia to an independent jurisdictional power is a significant development, for eventually the Tribunal evolved into the most formidable set-up during the Order's rule in Malta. These developments are discussed in this paper. 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z