TY - JOUR
T1 - Angloromani: A different kind of language?
AU - Matras, Yaron
AU - Gardner, Hazel
AU - Jones, Charlotte
AU - Schulman, Veronica
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Angloromani is the mixed Romani-English speech of Gypsies in Britain. Ours is the first modern attempt at a corpus-based, fieldwork investigation of Angloromani. Its emergence and functions, as well as its position within the typology of mixed languages, have been controversial. We consider the history of Angloromani and its present structures and conversational functions, and conclude that it is a speech variety that differs in various ways from the prototypical notion of a "language.".
AB - Angloromani is the mixed Romani-English speech of Gypsies in Britain. Ours is the first modern attempt at a corpus-based, fieldwork investigation of Angloromani. Its emergence and functions, as well as its position within the typology of mixed languages, have been controversial. We consider the history of Angloromani and its present structures and conversational functions, and conclude that it is a speech variety that differs in various ways from the prototypical notion of a "language.".
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/57149128774
U2 - 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748639045.003.0001
DO - 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748639045.003.0001
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-5483
VL - 49
SP - 142
EP - 184
JO - Anthropological Linguistics
JF - Anthropological Linguistics
IS - 2
ER -