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Matras, Yaron, Ed.; Bakker, Peter, Ed.; Kyuchukov, Hristo, Ed. – 1997
Papers on typology and dialects of the Romani language include: "Athematic Morphology in Romani: The Borrowing of a Borrowing Pattern" (Peter Bakker); "Towards a Morphology-Based Typology of Romani" (Viktor Elsik); "The Typology of Case Relations and Case Layer Distribution in Romani" (Yaron Matras); "Object…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Dolbec, Jean, Ed.; Ouellet, Marise, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays on phonetics and phonology, entirely in French, includes: "Le calcul de la frequence intrinseque. Necessite du rapport a une ligne de reference" (calculation of intrinsic frequency; necessity of a line of reference) (Conrad Ouellon); "Caracteristiques microprosodiques de duree et d'intensite en lecture et en…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Bulgarian, Consonants
Joseph, Brian D., Ed. – 1986
A collection of papers relevant to historical linguistics and description and explanation of language change includes: "Decliticization and Deaffixation in Saame: Abessive 'taga'" (Joel A. Nevis); "Decliticization in Old Estonian" (Joel A. Nevis); "On Automatic and Simultaneous Syntactic Changes" (Brian D. Joseph);…
Descriptors: Arabic, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Diglossia
Roca, Ana, Ed. – 2000
This collection of 29 original articles provides an informative overview of current linguistic research on Spanish in the United States. Many of the chapters focus on regional aspects, ranging from sociolinguistic issues among Dominicans in New York and Cubans in Miami to the adoption and adaptation of forms from Nahuatal and English in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
Silva-Corvalan, Carmen, Ed. – 1995
Papers on Spanish bilingualism and Spanish in contact with other languages include: "The Study of Language Contact: An Overview of the Issues" (Carmen Silva-Corvalan); "Language Mixture: Ordinary Processes, Extraordinary Results" (Sarah G. Thomason); "The Impact of Quichua on Verb Forms Used in Spanish Requests in Otavalo,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Aymara, Basque