Handbook of Jewish Languages

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del 2 i serien Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics

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This Handbook of Jewish Languages is an introduction to the many languages used by Jews throughout history, including Yiddish, Judezmo (Ladino) , and Jewish varieties of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Malayalam, Occitan (Provençal), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Syriac, Turkic (Karaim and Krymchak), Turkish, and more. Chapters include historical and linguistic descriptions of each language, an overview of primary and secondary literature, and comprehensive bibliographies to aid further research. Many chapters also contain sample texts and images. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Jewish languages, and will also be very useful for historical linguists, dialectologists, and scholars and students of minority or endangered languages.This book is also available as paperback version.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-10-30
Mått:155 x 235 x 50 mm
Vikt:1 311 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Handbooks in Linguistics
Antal sidor:760
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004217331

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Lily Kahn, Ph.D. (2008), UCL, is Reader in Hebrew and Jewish Languages at that university. Publications include The Verbal System in Late Enlightenment Hebrew (2009), Colloquial Yiddish (2012), and A Grammar of the Eastern European Hasidic Hebrew Tale (2015).Aaron D. Rubin, Ph.D. (2004), Harvard University, is Malvin and Lea Bank Professor of Jewish Studies, Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and Linguistics at Penn State University. Author of numerous books and articles, he was also an associate editor of Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (2013).Contributors are: Sarah Bunin Benor, Siam Bhayro, David Bunis, Habib Borjian, Joseph Chetrit, Evelyn Dean-Olmsted, Stephen Dörr, Reuven Enoch, Steven E. Fassberg, Ophira Gamliel, Brad Sabin Hill, Henryk Jankowski, George Jochnowitz, Lily Kahn, Geoffrey Khan, Marc Kiwitt, P. Joshua Klagsbrun Lebenswerd, Julia Krivoruchko, Laurent Mignon, Judith Rosenhouse, Aaron D. Rubin, Susana Skura, Adam Strich, Devon Strolovitch, Anbessa Teferra, and Anna Verschik.

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"...aquest llibre és una font única i indispensable que de ben segur esdevindrà un manual de referència, molt útil per als lingüistes, dialectòlegs, acadèmics i estudiants de llengües minoritàries i amenaçades." - Mariona Vernet i Pons, Universitat de Barcelona

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Aaron D. Rubin and Lily Kahn1 Jewish Amharic Anbessa Teferra2 Judeo-Arabic Geoffrey Khan3 Judeo-Aramaic Steven E. Fassberg4 Jewish Berber Joseph Chetrit5 Jewish English Sarah Bunin Benor6 Judeo-French 1Marc Kiwitt and Stephen Dörr7 Jewish Georgian Reuven Enoch8 Judeo-Greek Julia G. Krivoruchko9 Jewish Hungarian Judith Rosenhouse10 Judeo-Iranian Languages Habib Borjian11 Judeo-Italian Aaron D. Rubin12 Judezmo (Ladino) David M. Bunis13 Karaim and Krymchak Henryk Jankowski14 Jewish Latin American Spanish Evelyn Dean-Olmsted and Susana Skura15 Jewish Malayalam Ophira Gamliel16 Judeo-Occitan (Judeo-Provençal) Adam Strich with George Jochnowitz17 Judeo-Portuguese Devon Strolovitch18 Jewish Russian Anna Verschik19 Judeo-Slavic Brad Sabin Hill20 Jewish Swedish Patric Joshua Klagsbrun Lebenswerd21 Judeo-Syriac Siam Bhayro22 Judeo-Turkish Laurent Mignon23 Yiddish Lily KahnEpilogue: Other Jewish Languages, Past and Present Aaron D. RubinIndex