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Title Romani in contact : the history, structure, and sociology of a language / edited by Yaron Matras
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 205 pages) : illustrations
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 126
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 126
Contents On typological changes and structural borrowing in the history of European Romani / Vit Bubenik -- On the migration and affiliation of the Dọ̄mba : Iranian words in Rom, Lom, and Dom Gypsy / Ian Hancock -- Plagiarism and lexical orphans in the European Romani lexicon / Anthony Grant -- Interdialectal interference in Romani / Norbert Boretzky -- Verb evidentials and their discourse function in Vlach Romani narratives / Yaron Matras -- Notes on the genesis of Caló and other Iberian Para-Romani varieties / Peter Bakker -- Romani lexical items in colloquial Romanian / Corinna Leschber -- Romani standardization and status in the Republic of Macedonia / Victor A. Friedman -- Trial and error in written Romani on the pages of Romani periodicals / Milena Hübschmannová
Summary A language of Indic origin heavily infuenced by European idioms for many centuries now, Romani provides an interesting experimental field for students of language contact, linguistic minorities, standardization, and typology. Approaching the language via its ever-surfacing character as a language in contact, the volume gives expression to part of the wide range or research represented in today's field of Romani linguistics. Contributions focus on problems in typological change and structural borrowing, lexical borrowing and lexcial reconstruction, the Iranian influence on the language, interdi
Analysis Romany language -- Congresses
Languages in contact -- Congresses
Notes Papers presented at a workshop held May 1993, Hamburg, Ger. and later named the 1st International Conference on Romani Linguistics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index
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Subject Romani language -- Congresses
Languages in contact -- Congresses
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Indic Languages.
Languages in contact
Romani language
Sprachkontakt
Zigeunertalen.
Tsigane (langue) -- Congrès.
Langues en contact -- Europe -- Congrès.
Romani <Sprache>
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Matras, Yaron, 1963-
International Conference on Romani Linguistics (1st : 1993 : Hamburg, Germany)
LC no. 95015437
ISBN 9789027276483
902727648X