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 | | Romani: A Linguistic Introduction by Yaron Matras ISBN-10: 9780521631655 ISBN-10: 0-521-63165-3 ISBN-13: 9780521631655 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-63165-5 Hardcover 2002-07-01 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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 more than 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest from scholars as well as language planners in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani, its structure, history, typology and dialects. It will provide an indispensable reference work for all interested in this fascinating language. | ||
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A Scholarly Tome on the Romani Language In his book, "Romani: A Linguistic Introduction," Yaron Matras thoroughly covers the Romani ("Gypsy") language to the finest detail: Its origin, grammar, morphology, phonology, along with current dialects and their distributions. Well-written and close to 300 pages (including many carefully made charts and hundreds of references), this book is a perfect companion for a university course on Romani Linguistics. The purchaser of this book should know the linguistic terms that are commonly used in academic analysis on language. They should also know that this is not a "Teach Yourself" guide to Romani. There is no glossary or dictionary. There are no dialogs or narratives. Furthermore, Matras' book does not cover anything about the culture of the people who speak Romani, or their history (except when addressing historical language change.) This book is intended as a reference for linguists; as such, it is scholarly and complete. It does not pretend to be anything else. Yaron Matras did a superb job in compiling this book, considering how difficult it is to get information on this exotic and very under-represented language. The prose is sometimes a little dry, but this is customary in academia. | ||