Origins of Yiddish Dialects

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Beider holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and a PhD in Jewish Studies from the Sorbonne. He is the author of several etymological dictionaries of Ashkenazic surnames and given names and a number of papers dealing with the history of Yiddish. He is the designer of the linguistic part of the Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching method of computer-based searches for equivalent surnames. Klappentext This book presents evidence for the claim that, contrary to most accounts, Yiddish only developed into a separate language in the 15th century. It offers a detailed analysis of Yiddish phonology, morphology, orthography, and lexis, and of the different linguistic influences on modern Yiddish dialects. Zusammenfassung This book presents evidence for the claim that, contrary to most accounts, Yiddish only developed into a separate language in the 15th century. It offers a detailed analysis of Yiddish phonology, morphology, orthography, and lexis, and of the different linguistic influences on modern Yiddish dialects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Main concepts and classifications 2: The German component 3: The Hebrew component 4: Romance elements 5: Slavic elements 6: Sound changes and dialects Conclusion Appendix A: The Yiddish dialect of PhilogLottus 1733 Appendix B: Germans and German language in Poland Appendix C: Origins of Ashkenazic Jewry Glossary References Index

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Beider, Alexander (Independent Scholar) Beider, Beider Alexander
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9780198739319
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873931-9
• No. of pages: 646
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Language: history & general works, Historical & comparative linguistics, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Language: history and general works, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Historical and comparative linguistics, Yiddish