Languages of the Jews - A Sociolinguistic History

A vivid commentary on Jewish survival and Jewish speech communities, investigating difficult questions about language varieties and choices.

Sommario

Glossary; 1. Is Hebrew an endangered language?; 2. The emergence of Hebrew; 3. Hebrew-Aramaic bilingualism and competition; 4. Three languages in Hellenistic and Roman Palestine; 5. From statehood to diaspora; 6. The Arabian and African connections; 7. The spread of Islam; 8. The Jews of France; 9. The Jews of Spain and their languages; 10. Loter-Ashkenaz and the creation of Yiddish; 11. The Yavanic area - Greece and Italy; 12. Jews in Slavic lands; 13. Linguistic emancipation and assimilation in Europe; 14. Britain, its former colonies and the New World; 15. Islam and the Orient; 16. The return to Zion and Hebrew; Appendix: estimated current status of Jewish languages.

Info autore

Bernard Spolsky is Professor Emeritus of the English Department at Bar-Ilan University and editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernard Spolsky, Bernard (Bar-Ilan University Spolsky, Spolsky Bernard
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.03.2014
• EAN: 9781107055445
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05544-5
• Pagine: 376
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities