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Marathi is the official language of Maharashtra, including Mumbai. It is the only Indo-Aryan language whose structure has been influenced by the Dravidian languages. It marks the beginning of a grammatical tradition for Modern Indian languages. This book presents an account of Marathi phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax.

Marathi language --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern. --- Gaudian languages --- Grammar.

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Hindustani language. --- Hindustani --- Hindi language, Eastern --- Hindi language, Western --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern --- Suriname Hindustani language

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A language of Indic origin heavily infuenced by European idioms for many centuries now, Romani provides an interesting experimental field for students of language contact, linguistic minorities, standardization, and typology. Approaching the language via its ever-surfacing character as a language in contact, the volume gives expression to part of the wide range or research represented in today's field of Romani linguistics. Contributions focus on problems in typological change and structural borrowing, lexical borrowing and lexcial reconstruction, the Iranian influence on the language, interdi

Romani language --- Languages in contact --- Gypsy language --- Romany language --- Rommany language --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern --- Romanies --- Languages

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Three features set this book apart from other recent publications on aspect. First, it looks closely at the language family, Slavic, that has been the main source of assumptions and data about aspect. Second, it looks upon the object of linguistic study, natural language, from an angle shared by thinkers on language whose prominence is still outside linguistics: Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida. Third, the exploratory and contrastive account of aspect in Indic, chiefly in Bengali, which will no doubt evoke reactions from experts in these languages.

Lexicology. Semantics --- Slavic languages --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Grammar, Comparative --- Indo-Aryan, Modern --- Aspect --- Slavic --- -Indo-Aryan languages, Modern --- -Slavic languages --- -Balto-Slavic languages --- Slavonic languages --- Indo-European languages --- Gaudian languages --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- -Slavic --- -Indo-Aryan, Modern --- Aspect. --- Slavic. --- Indo-Aryan, Modern. --- -Aspect --- Balto-Slavic languages --- Aspect (Linguistics) --- Verbal aspect --- Temporal constructions --- Verb --- Slavic languages - Grammar, Comparative - Indo-Aryan, Modern --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern - Aspect --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Aspect --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern - Grammar, Comparative - Slavic --- Slavic languages - Aspect

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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 upwards of 3.5 million speakers, and their language has attracted increasing interest both from scholars and from policy-makers in governments and other organizations during the past ten years. This 2002 book is the first comprehensive overview in English of Romani. It provides a historical linguistic introduction to the structures of Romani and its dialects, as well as surveying the phonology, morphology, syntactic typology and patterns of grammatical borrowing in the language. This book provides an essential reference for anyone interested in this fascinating language.

Romani language. --- Gypsy language --- Romany language --- Rommany language --- Indo-Aryan languages, Modern --- Romanies --- Languages --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Morphologie. --- Phonologie. --- Romani --- Syntax. --- Tsigane (Langue). --- Zigeunertalen. --- Romani .