Languages in Jewish communities, past and present / edited by Benjamin Hary, Sarah Bunin Benor.
This book offers sociological and structural descriptions of language varieties used in over 2 dozen Jewish communities around the world, along with synthesizing and theoretical chapters. Language descriptions focus on historical development, contemporary use, regional and social variation, structur...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston ; Berlin :
Walter De Gruyter Inc.,
[2018]
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| Series: | Contributions to the sociology of language ;
112. |
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | This book offers sociological and structural descriptions of language varieties used in over 2 dozen Jewish communities around the world, along with synthesizing and theoretical chapters. Language descriptions focus on historical development, contemporary use, regional and social variation, structural features, and Hebrew/Aramaic loanwords. The book covers commonly researched language varieties, like Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, and Judeo-Arabic, as well as less commonly researched ones, like Judeo-Tat, Jewish Swedish, and Hebraized Amharic in Israel today. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (696 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1501504630 9781501504631 |