Dolenjska Romani
Author: Petra Cech
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 88
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The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics
Author: Yaron Matras
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-12-10
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 3030281051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRomani is the first language, and family and community language, of upwards of 3-4 million people and possibly many more in Europe, the Americas, and Australia. Documentation and research on the language draws on a tradition of more than two centuries, yet it remains relatively unknown and often engulfed by myths. In recent decades there has been an upsurge of interest in the language including language maintenance and educational projects, the creation of digital resources, language policy initiatives, and a flourishing community of online users of the language. This Handbook presents state of the art research on Romani language and linguistics. Bringing together key established scholars in the field of linguistics and neighbouring disciplines, it introduces the reader to the structures of Romani and its dialect divisions, and to the history of research on the language. It then goes on to explore major external influences on the language through contact with other key languages, aspects of language acquisition, and interventions in support of the language through public policy provisions, activism, translation, religious and literary initiatives, and social media. This comprehensive and groundbreaking account of Romani will appeal to students and scholars from across language and linguistics.
Advances in Italian Dialectology
Author: Diego Pescarini
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-02-12
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9004354395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a collection of grammar sketches from several Italo-Romance varieties. The contributions cover various areas of linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax) and are organized in sections according to the customary geolinguistic classification. Each chapter provides the description of a salient phenomenon for a given language, based on novel data, as well as the state-of-the-art knowledge on that phenomenon. The articles are in-depth studies carried out by prominent experts as well as promising young scholars. The theoretical apparatus is kept to a minimum in order to make the book accessible to scholars without specific expertise. For the same reason, hypotheses and formalisms are introduced gradually, only if necessary for the description of the data.
Danger! Educated Gypsy
Author: Ian Hancock
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781902806990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a timely collection of Ian Hancock's selected writings. His impact upon Romani Studies has been truly remarkable, both in terms of his contributions to linguistics and Gypsy historiography and in his re-assessment of Romani identity within the Western cultural fabric
The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact
Author: Anthony P. Grant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-01-10
Total Pages: 788
ISBN-13: 0199945101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery language has been influenced in some way by other languages. In many cases, this influence is reflected in words which have been absorbed from other languages as the names for newer items or ideas, such as perestroika, manga, or intifada (from Russian, Japanese, and Arabic respectively). In other cases, the influence of other languages goes deeper, and includes the addition of new sounds, grammatical forms, and idioms to the pre-existing language. For example, English's structure has been shaped in such a way by the effects of Norse, French, Latin, and Celtic--though English is not alone in its openness to these influences. Any features can potentially be transferred from one language to another if the sociolinguistic and structural circumstances allow for it. Further, new languages--pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages--can come into being as the result of language contact. In thirty-three chapters, The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact examines the various forms of contact-induced linguistic change and the levels of language which have provided instances of these influences. In addition, it provides accounts of how language contact has affected some twenty languages, spoken and signed, from all parts of the world. Chapters are written by experts and native-speakers from years of research and fieldwork. Ultimately, this Handbook provides an authoritative account of the possibilities and products of contact-induced linguistic change.
Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics
Author: Peter Bakker
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9027237549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe interest in Romani, the language of the Roma or "Gypsies", has grown considerably in recent years. Romani has drawn attention from a.o. grammarians, sociolinguists, Indologists, language contact researchers, language planners, educators, typologists and historical linguists.This Indic language is spoken by between five and ten million people world-wide. The bibliography also covers two other Indic languages spoken by peripatetic groups, Dom or Domari from the Middle East, and Lomavren or Bosha of Eastern Turkey and Armenia.The bibliography contains over 2500 titles in more than thirty languages, published between 1900 to 2003. English translations are provided for all titles written in less common languages. There are indexes for general and linguistic terms, Romani varieties, other languages and geographical terms.The book further contains a very useful "Guide to Romani Linguistics", which should enable newcomers to enter this highly interesting field by pointing to the essential titles in different subject areas.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 1814
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Author: Ειρηνη Σεχιδου
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 110
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Author: Will Guy
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781902806075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of papers discusses the experience of the Roma in eastern and central Europe since the collapse of Communism.
Historical Dictionary of Slovenia
Author: Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018-02-22
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 1538111063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe expanded third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Slovenia covers personalities and events that have made a mark on Slovenia in the more than a decade since the last edition. This includes new entries related to Slovenia’s first 13 years as a member of NATO and the EU, changing diplomatic relations with its neighbors and other global states and institutions, a new crop of politicians who have upended the political status quo, entries related to Slovenia’s worst 21st century recession (2008-2013), nationwide protests against corruption, and many other developments. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Slovenia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Slovenia.
