Language in Jewish Society - Towards a New Understanding

Informationen zum Autor John Myhill is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Haifa, where he has taught sociolinguistics since 1995. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and previously taught at SUNY-Buffalo and the University of Michigan. He has published articles on Jewish sociolinguistics in a number of journals and collections, and he has also done research on Hebrew semantics and syntax, Black English, and language typology. He is the author of Typological Discourse Analysis (1992). Klappentext This book argues that language in Jewish societies can be understood as following from certain specific principles. It discusses the revival of Hebrew, Hebrew in the Diaspora, the survival and 'sanctification' of Yiddish, the idea of 'Jewish languages', and the role of sociolinguistic phenomena in the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Myhill, Dr John Myhill, John Myhill, John (University of Haifa) Myhill
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9781853597602
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-760-2
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo