Cities are the natural homes for linguistic and cultural diversity. Valletta, Malta's capital city and the smallest city in the European Union, is no different. When its foundation stone was laid in 1566 by Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Vallette, it was given the formal title of Humillima Civitas Valettae, but ‘there is little that is humble about the appearance of Valletta, that city “built by gentlemen for gentlemen”’ (Luke, 1968: 65).

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瓦莱塔语言景观中的英语：工具理性的案例？

城市是语言和文化多样性的天然家园。马耳他的首都和欧盟最小的城市瓦莱塔也不例外。当它的奠基石于 1566 年由大师 Jean Parisot de Vallette 奠基时，它被赋予了Humillima Civitas Valettae的正式名称，但“瓦莱塔的外观一点也不谦虚，这座城市‘由绅士为绅士建造’” （卢克，1968：65）。