The Languages of Diaspora and Return

Jews spent over two thousand years in exile. Although Hebrew remained a sacred and literary language, it formed part of a repertoire which included Jewish varieties of the local language. With the return to Israel, Hebrew was revernacularized. This article traces the sociolinguistic effects of exile and return to the homeland.

About the author

Bernard Spolsky (Ph.D. 1966, Hon.D.Litt 2008) is Professor Emeritus at Bar-Ilan University. He has published ten monographs (three translated into Japanese, Chinese or Latvian), 150 book chapters and 94 papers in peer reviewed journals, and edited three international academic journals and 26 books.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Spolsky
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2017
• EAN: 9789004338388
• ISBN: 978-90-04-33838-8
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 113 g
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics