Romani in contact : the history, structure, and sociology of a language / editor, Yaron Matras.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Matras, Yaron, 1963-

Conference Name:

International Conference on Romani Linguistics (1st : 1993 : Hamburg, Germany)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 126.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romani language--Congresses.

Romani language.

Languages in contact--Congresses.

Languages in contact.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1995.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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

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.

Notes:

Papers presented at a workshop held May 1993, Hamburg, Ger. and later named the 1st International Conference on Romani Linguistics.

Includes bibliographical references(p. 204-205) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31271-9

9786613312716

90-272-7648-X

OCLC:

769188852