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Grammatical relations in Romani : the noun phrase / edited by Viktor Elšík, Yaron Matras ; with a foreword by Frans Plank.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Romani Linguistics (4th : 1998 : University of Manchester)
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 211.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 211
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Romani language--Noun phrase.
- Romani language.
- Romani language--Nominals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 pages). : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first typologically-oriented collection on Romani that is devoted to a particular thematic domain - that of noun phrase grammar. The approach taken is unique in that it places this typologically hybrid language in the centre of a general linguistic, universal discussion of the relevant noun phrase phenomena. The book is also the first assembly of articles to deal with Romani as a whole on the basis of cross-dialectal samples, offering areal-typological, dialectological, and historicalinterpretations. The individual contributions discuss morphological and syntactic aspects of nominal and pronominal inflection, definite articles, demonstratives, genitive compounding, external possession, pronominal object doubling and morphosyntactic alignment. Contributors include leading experts in the fields of noun phrase grammar, Romani dialectologists, typologists and historical linguists.
- Contents:
- Romani nominal paradigms, their structure, diversity, and development /Viktor Elšík
- The definite article in Romani dialects / Norbert Boretzky
- Dialect variation in Romani personal pronouns / Viktor Elšík
- The structural and functional composition of Romani demonstratives / Yaron Matras
- Romani genitives in cross-linguistic perspective / Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
- External possession in Romani / Mily Crevels & Peter Bakker
- Proleptic and resumptive object pronouns in Romani / Victor A. Friedman
- Was roto-Romani an ergative language? / Vít Bubeník.
- Notes:
- Four of the eight contributions are based on papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Romani Linguistics, held Sept. 1998, University of Manchester, Manchester, Eng.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613121585
- 9781283121583
- 1283121581
- 9789027284433
- 9027284431
- OCLC:
- 727649396
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