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Handbook of Jewish languages / edited by Lily Kahn, Aaron D. Rubin.
- Title
- Handbook of Jewish languages / edited by Lily Kahn, Aaron D. Rubin.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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| Text | Request in advance | PJ5061 .H43 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 760 pages illustrations
- 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"--
- Series Statement
- Brill's handbooks in linguistics, 1879-629X ; 2
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9004345779 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9789004345775 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2017040839
- OCLC
- 1002211759
- SCSB-11896643
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library