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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 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 126
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| 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 |
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Romany language -- Congresses |
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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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index |
| Notes |
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Romani language -- Congresses
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Languages in contact -- Congresses
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Indic Languages.
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Languages in contact
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Romani language
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Sprachkontakt
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Zigeunertalen.
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Tsigane (langue) -- Congrès.
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Langues en contact -- Europe -- Congrès.
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Romani <Sprache>
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Matras, Yaron, 1963-
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International Conference on Romani Linguistics (1st : 1993 : Hamburg, Germany)
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| LC no. |
95015437 |
| ISBN |
9789027276483 |
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902727648X |
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