Country of residence

Austria

Brief introduction

Head of the Research Unit for Plurilingualism, University of Graz

Education

Dr. phil. / Linguistics / 1996 / University of Graz

Academic profile

Coordinator of various projects on Romani language and culture; research interests: language politics, minority linguistics, endangered languages, language contact; ideological foundation: Politics of Plurality to achieve equal opportunities and human rights.

Publications

• 1998. Amaro vakeripe Roman hi – Unsere Sprache ist Roman. Texte, Glossar und Grammatik der burgenländischen Romani-Variante. Klagenfurt: Drava.
• 2005. Roma and Romani in Austria. Romani Studies 5/15/2: 145-173.
• 2011. Romani language planning illustrated by its use in the media. Current Issues in Language Planning 12/3: 381-401.

Keywords

Languages, Minorities, Politics of Plurality, Sociolinguistics

Contact

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