Languages in Jewish Communities, Past and Present

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.

About the author

Benjamin Hary, NYU Tel Aviv, Israel; Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College, USA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sarah Bunin Benor (Editor), Bunin Benor (Editor), Benjami Hary (Editor), Benjamin Hary (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• No. of pages: 696
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 1032 g
• Illustrations: 15 b/w ill., 27 b/w tbl.
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics