Romani in Britain : : The Afterlife of a Language /

Romani in Britain : : The Afterlife of a Language / / Yaron Matras.

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Romani is one of Britain's oldest and most established minority languages. Brought to the country by Romani immigrants from continental Europe in the sixteenth century or even earlier, it was spoken in its old, inflected form as a family and community language until the second half of the ninet...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Matras, Yaron,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2010
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures, Tables and Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1 Angloromani: A Different Kind of Language?
  • 2 The Roots of Romani
  • 3 The Historical Position of British Romani
  • 4 The Structural Composition of Angloromani
  • 5 The Conversational Functions of Angloromani
  • 6 Conclusions: The Decline, Death and Afterlife of a Language
  • Appendix I Lexicon of Angloromani
  • Appendix II Predecessor expressions by origin
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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