Yiddish: biography of a language
This text provides an introduction to Yiddish, the foundational vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, both as a subject of interest in its own right and for the distinctive issues that Yiddish raises for the study of languages generally, including language diaspora, language fusion, multilingualism, languag...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Shandler, Jeffrey, 1956-, Yiddish] (2022) (Esṭraikh, Genadi, 1952 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yiddish
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Yiddish language ; History
B Yiddish language History |
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| Summary: | This text provides an introduction to Yiddish, the foundational vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, both as a subject of interest in its own right and for the distinctive issues that Yiddish raises for the study of languages generally, including language diaspora, language fusion, multilingualism, language ideologies, and postvernacularity. By approaching the study of Yiddish through the rubric of a biography, rather than following a more conventional chronological, geographical, or ideological approach, this work examines the story of Yiddish thematically. Each chapter addresses a different 'biographical' topic concerning the character of the language and how it has been conceptualized, ranging across time, space, and speech communities. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2020) |
| ISBN: | 0190651997 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190651961.001.0001 |