Diglossic Translanguaging : The Multilingual Repertoire of German-Speaking Jews in Berlin / Esther Jahns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jahns, Esther, author.

Series:

Language and Social Life [LSL] Series

Language and Social Life [LSL] Series ; Volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Germany--Languages.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

This book examines how German-speaking Jews living in Berlin make sense and make use of their multilingual repertoire. With a focus on lexical variation, the book demonstrates how speakers integrate Yiddish and Hebrew elements into German for indexing belonging and for positioning themselves within the Jewish community. Linguistic choices are shaped by language ideologies (e.g., authenticity, prescriptivism, nostalgia). Speakers translanguage when using their multilingual repertoire, but do so in a diglossic way, using elements from different languages for specific domains.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgement

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Jewish languages

3 Language contact, variation and social meaning

4 Research design and community

5 The linguistic repertoire of German-speaking Jews

6 Linguistic choices and perception of language use

7 From intra-speaker variation to diglossic translanguaging

8 Summary and conclusion

References

Annex

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-132267-X