Romani: a linguistic introduction
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Main Author: Matras, Yaron (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-278) and indexes
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Romani dialects: a brief overview; 3 Historical and linguistic origins; 4 Descriptive phonology; 5 Nominal forms and categories; 6 Verb morphology; 7 Syntactic typology; 8 Grammatical borrowing; 9 Dialect classification; 10 Romani sociolinguistics; 11 Language planning and codification; References; Index of dialects; Index of names; Index of subjects
Romani, the language spoken by over 3.5 million Gypsies, has recently attracted increasing interest from both scholars and language policy makers. This book is the first overview in English of the structure, history, typology and dialects of Romani. It provides an essential reference for anyone interested in this fascinating language
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 291 pages)
ISBN:0511040113
0511051042
0511157649
0511486790
0521631653
9780511040115
9780511051043
9780511157646
9780511486791
9780521631655

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