Handbook of Jewish languages / edited by Lily Kahn, Aaron D. Rubin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahn, Lily.

Series:

Brill's handbooks in linguistics.

Brill's handbooks in linguistics ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Languages.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (780 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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 book is also available as paperback version .

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004297357

9004297359

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004297357 DOI