Contact Effects in Swedish Romani Phonology

• Main Author: Lindbäck, Hannes
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi 2020
• Subjects: linguistics; romani; swedish romani; contact linguistics; language contact; General Language Studies and Linguistics; Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-437346

This thesis examines possible contact effects in the segmental phonology in an idiolect of Swedish Romani. From data gathered from one speaker of Swedish Romani I describe the phonology on a segmental level and then compare this with the phonology of its progenitor, Proto-Northwestern Romani. The traces of interference could in almost every case be explained as features gained from contact with Swedish. When features were judged to have entered Swedish Romani from a different language, intense contact with Swedish could possible explain why these features have remained in Swedish Romani.