Auteur: Lydia Sciriha

Lydia Sciriha holds a BA in Languages from the University of Malta, and received her MA and PhD degrees in Linguistics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. She is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Malta, and was formerly Director of its Language Laboratory Complex (1987–1993) and editor of Humanitas, Journal of the Faculty of Arts (1998–2003). She has served as Visiting Professor in a number of universities in Europe and as Professorial Fellow at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship, the British Council Scholarship, the Marquis Scicluna Senior Fellowship, and the Commonwealth Academic Fellowship.