| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 760 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Series |
Brill's handbooks in linguistics ; 2 |
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Brill's handbooks in linguistics ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
Front Matter / Lily Kahn and Aaron D. Rubin -- Introduction / Aaron D. Rubin and Lily Kahn -- Jewish Amharic / Anbessa Teferra -- Judeo-Arabic / Geoffrey Khan -- Judeo-Aramaic / Steven E. Fassberg -- Jewish Berber / Joseph Chetrit -- Jewish English / Sarah Bunin Benor -- Judeo-French / Marc Kiwitt and Stephen Dörr -- Jewish Georgian / Reuven Enoch -- Judeo-Greek / Julia G. Krivoruchko -- Jewish Hungarian / Judith Rosenhouse -- Judeo-Iranian Languages / Habib Borjian -- Judeo-Italian / Aaron D. Rubin -- Judezmo (Ladino) / David M. Bunis -- Karaim and Krymchak / Henryk Jankowski -- Jewish Latin American Spanish / Evelyn Dean-Olmsted and Susana Skura -- Jewish Malayalam / Ophira Gamliel -- Judeo-Occitan (Judeo-Provençal) / Adam Strich and George Jochnowitz -- Judeo-Portuguese / Devon Strolovitch -- Jewish Russian / Anna Verschik -- Judeo-Slavic / Brad Sabin Hill -- Jewish Swedish / Patric Joshua Klagsbrun Lebenswerd -- Judeo-Syriac / Siam Bhayro -- Judeo-Turkish / Laurent Mignon -- Yiddish / Lily Kahn -- Other Jewish Languages, Past and Present / Aaron D. Rubin -- Index / Lily Kahn and Aaron D. Rubin |
| Summary |
"This Handbook of Jewish Languages is an introduction to the many languages used by Jews throughout history, including Yiddish, Judezmo (Ladino), and Jewish varieties of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Iranian, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Malayalam, Occitan (Provençal), Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Syriac, Turkic (Karaim and Krymchak), Turkish, and more. Chapters include historical and linguistic descriptions of each language, an overview of primary and secondary literature, and comprehensive bibliographies to aid further research. Many chapters also contain sample texts and images. This book is an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in Jewish languages, and will also be very useful for historical linguists, dialectologists, and scholars and students of minority or endangered languages. This paperback edition has been updated to include dozens of additional bibliographic references. Contributors are: Sarah Bunin Benor, Siam Bhayro, David Bunis, Habib Borjian, Joseph Chetrit, Evelyn Dean-Olmsted, Stephen Dörr, Reuven Enoch, Steven E. Fassberg, Ophira Gamliel, Brad Sabin Hill, Henryk Jankowski, George Jochnowitz, Lily Kahn, Geoffrey Khan, Marc Kiwitt, P. Joshua Klagsbrun Lebenswerd, Julia Krivoruchko, Laurent Mignon, Judith Rosenhouse, Aaron D. Rubin, Susana Skura, Adam Strich, Devon Strolovitch, Anbessa Teferra, and Anna Verschik"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 27, 2023) |
| Subject |
Jews -- Languages.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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Jews -- Languages
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kahn, Lily, editor.
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Rubin, Aaron D., 1976- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017041296 |
| ISBN |
9789004359543 |
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9004359540 |
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9004345779 |
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9789004345775 |
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