Eastern and Western Romance in the Balkans – the Contrasting but Revealing Positions of the Danubian Romance Languages and Judezmo

Journal of Language Contact

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Victor A. Friedman¹  Brian D. Joseph³ 

[1] Department of Linguistics, The University of Chicago;Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University;Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University

关键词: Aromanian;    Judezmo;    Balkan sprachbund;    Balkanism;   

DOI  :  10.1163/19552629-14010005

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Brill

【 摘 要 】

The fate of two languages in the Balkans under conditions of language contact is discussed here. These languages, representing different branches of the Romance family, are the Ibero-Romance language Judezmo from the eastern branch and the South Danubian language Aromanian from the western branch. Both have been subject to intense contact with other languages in the Balkans but they show differential outcomes of this contact and thus differential degrees of involvement in the Balkan sprachbund. We document the similarities and differences in these outcomes, offer an explanation of their causes, and discuss the consequences they have for understanding the Balkan sprachbund.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC