Language in Jewish society : towards a new understanding /: towards a new understanding. (©2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Myhill.
• Other Names: Myhill, John, 1956-
• Contents: Language and Jewish identity -- Jewish language and identity in comparative and historical perspective -- Language and Jewish identity in modern times -- Hebrew as language of ancient Israel -- The death of Hebrew as a spoken language -- Hebrew as a sacred language -- Diaspora Hebrew and the modern European ideology of language and identity -- The revival of Hebrew -- Diaspora Hebrew today -- Aramaic -- Judeo-Arabic -- Judeo-Spanish -- Yiddish -- Are 'Jewish languages' a unique phenomenon? -- Why are there no new 'Jewish languages'? -- Flowering and death -- Catastrophe and emotional attachment -- Prestige of languages -- Is Yiddish qualitatively different from other diaspora languages? -- Conflicts with everyday-language-and-identity groups -- Sociolinguistics in Israel today.
• Publisher Details: Clevedon [England] Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2004
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 239 pages)
• Subjects: 306.44/089/924; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies; Jews -- Languages; Sociolinguistics; Jews -- Identity; Hebrew language -- History; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Hebrew language; Jews -- Identity; Jews -- Languages; Sociolinguistics; Soziolinguistik; Jewish studies; Jiddisch; Hebräisch; Aramäisch; Electronic books; Computer network resources; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1853597627; 9781853597626; 9781853597619; 1853597619; 9781853597602; 1853597600
• Related ISBNs: 1853597619; 1853597600
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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