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Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language

Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language

Hardcover

LinguisticsGeneral Scandinavian Languages

ISBN10: 9004266445
ISBN13: 9789004266445
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 30 2014
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Scandoromani: Remnants of a Mixed Language is the first, comprehensive, international description of the language of the Swedish and Norwegian Romano, also labeled resande/reisende. The language, an official minority language in Sweden and Norway, has a history in Scandinavia going back to the early 16th century. A mixed language of Romani and Scandinavian, it is spoken today by a vanishingly small population of mainly elderly people.
This book is based on in-depth linguistic interviews with two native speakers of different families (one of whom is the co-author) as well as reviews of earlier sources on Scandoromani. The study reveals a number of interesting features of the language, as well as of mixed languages in general. In particular, the study gives support to the model of autonomy of mixed languages.

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