Romani - A Linguistic Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Yaron Matras is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester. His research interests include the interface of linguistic typology, discourse pragmatics and language processing and language change, as well as multilingualism and dialects. He has published widely on the linguistics of Romani and on language contact. His books include Language Contact (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Zusammenfassung Romani! the language spoken by over 3.5 million Gypsies! has recently attracted increasing interest from both scholars and language policy-makers. This 2002 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Yaron Matras
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521023306
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02330-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Linguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Sociolinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Romani (Romany)