Publications

Publication details [#35183]

Réger, Zita and Jean Berko Gleason. 1991. Romāni child-directed speech and children's language among Gypsies in Hungary. Language in Society 20 (4) : 601–617.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | child language | orality

Language as a subject

Romani

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper examines characteristics of child-directed speech among Romani-speaking gypsies in Hungary, in particular those that seem to be influenced by the Gypsies' traditional oral culture.