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Communicating identities : a sociology of house names in Malta

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    • Publication Information:
      Malta Chamber of Scientists
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • Abstract:
      19,683 house names from a convenience sample of ten localities across the island of Malta were collected and analysed in late 2022, with the aim of teasing out how they communicate social identities. Trends in multilingualism and secularisation were particularly explored, from two sets of house names that represent different historical epochs, one dating from 1977 and one from 1977–2022. Results, secured from the ten localities studied, suggest that: (1) English remains by far the preferred language for naming houses, followed by Maltese; (2) house names that involve two or more languages have increased; (3) house names that relate to the religious or sacred have declined (from around 16% to 10%); and (4) in spite of evident secularisation in house-naming practices, the most common house name is ‘St Joseph’. ; peer-reviewed
    • Relation:
      https://drum.um.edu.mt/articles/dataset/House_names_in_ten_Maltese_localities/24331825; https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/117718
    • Accession Number:
      10.7423/XJENZA.2023.2.03
    • Online Access:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/117718
      https://drum.um.edu.mt/articles/dataset/House_names_in_ten_Maltese_localities/24331825
      https://doi.org/10.7423/XJENZA.2023.2.03
    • Rights:
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; 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.
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.8B9BF4AF