Yiddish and English - The Story of Yiddish in America

This is the only book to seriously treat the intriguing linguistic and cultural phenomenon of the intimate contact between Yiddish and English over the past 120 years.

About the author

Sol Steinmetz is a lexicographer and general editor of the World Book Dictionary and coeditor of the Second Barnhart Dictionary of New English.

Summary

Yiddish arrived in America as the mother tongue of millions of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. Gradually it infiltrated the majority language and "Jewish English" was created, with words such as "kosher" and "chutzpah." This work covers the history of the Yiddish language.

Product details

• Authors: Sol Steinmetz
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780817311032
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1103-2
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Judaic Studies (Paperback); Judaic Studies; Judaic Studies (Paperback)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics