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Romani: A Linguistic Introduction
Yaron Matras
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Description for Romani: A Linguistic Introduction
Paperback. This 2002 book is the first overview in English of the structure, history, typology and dialects of Romani. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2BMR; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Romani is a language of Indo-Aryan origin which is spoken in Europe by the people known as 'Gypsies' (who usually refer to themselves as Rom). There are upwards of 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest both from scholars and from policy-makers in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This 2002 book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani. It provides a historical linguistic introduction to the structures of Romani and its dialects, as well as surveying the phonology, morphology, syntactic typology and patterns of grammatical borrowing in the language. This book ... Read more
Romani is a language of Indo-Aryan origin which is spoken in Europe by the people known as 'Gypsies' (who usually refer to themselves as Rom). There are upwards of 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest both from scholars and from policy-makers in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This 2002 book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani. It provides a historical linguistic introduction to the structures of Romani and its dialects, as well as surveying the phonology, morphology, syntactic typology and patterns of grammatical borrowing in the language. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521023306
SKU
V9780521023306
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About Yaron Matras
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).
Reviews for Romani: A Linguistic Introduction
"Matras...has planted on the sands a massive boulder of contribution to knowledge that will not be swept away by any tides." American Journal of Sociology "The book will be of tremendous use to a broad range of scholars
not only linguists but also social scientists and other students in various humanistic disciplines. There is nothing like it ... Read more
not only linguists but also social scientists and other students in various humanistic disciplines. There is nothing like it ... Read more