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List of Figures, Tables and Maps |
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Preface |
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1 Angloromani: A Different Kind of Language? |
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1.1 Gypsies and Travellers in Britain |
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1 | (2) |
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1.2 Language contact, language change and dialects |
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3 | (6) |
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1.3 `Mixed' Romani dialects and Para-Romani |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (4) |
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1.6 In-group lexicons, argots and `secret' languages |
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20 | (6) |
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1.7 Language shift and language loss |
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26 | (1) |
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1.8 Towards an integrated scenario: The functional turnover model |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (26) |
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31 | (3) |
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2.2 Innovations acquired outside the Indian subcontinent |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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2.4 Towards a chronology of Romani migrations |
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37 | (3) |
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2.5 Dialect differentiation in Romani |
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40 | (17) |
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2.5.1 The period of dialect formation |
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40 | (3) |
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2.5.2 Variation within Early Romani |
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43 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Local and regional changes |
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45 | (2) |
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2.5.4 Territorial developments and major isoglosses |
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47 | (10) |
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3 The Historical Position of British Romani |
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57 | (38) |
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57 | (3) |
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3.2 A structural overview of British Romani |
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60 | (22) |
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3.2.1 Lexicon and word formation |
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60 | (5) |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (7) |
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75 | (4) |
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3.2.5 Grammatical vocabulary and morphosyntax |
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79 | (2) |
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3.2.6 The impact of English |
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81 | (1) |
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3.3 The position of British Romani among Romani dialects |
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82 | (7) |
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3.4 The decline of inflected Romani in Britain |
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89 | (6) |
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4 The Structural Composition of Angloromani |
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95 | (35) |
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95 | (4) |
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4.2 Phonology and phonological variation |
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99 | (3) |
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4.3 Word formation and word classes |
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102 | (17) |
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103 | (8) |
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4.3.2 Grammatical vocabulary |
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111 | (5) |
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4.3.3 Retention of grammatical inflection |
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116 | (3) |
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4.4 Morphosyntactic characteristics |
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119 | (3) |
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4.5 Lexical composition and lexical distribution |
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122 | (8) |
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5 The Conversational Functions of Angloromani |
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130 | (37) |
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5.1 Back to `languageness' |
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130 | (3) |
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5.2 Angloromani as a speech-act device |
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133 | (8) |
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5.3 Angloromani in narration |
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141 | (8) |
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5.4 Speakers' perspectives on language loss and revitalisation |
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149 | (8) |
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5.5 The prospects of a `language revival' |
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157 | (10) |
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6 Conclusions: The Decline, Death and Afterlife of a Language |
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167 | (9) |
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6.1 The historical decline of inflected Romani |
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168 | (3) |
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6.2 Bilingualism after language shift |
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171 | (5) |
Appendix I Lexicon of Angloromani |
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176 | (42) |
Appendix II Predecessor expressions by origin |
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218 | (14) |
References |
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232 | (10) |
Author Index |
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242 | (2) |
Subject Index |
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