Language in Jewish society : towards a new understanding /: towards a new understanding. (©2004)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Language in Jewish society : towards a new understanding /: towards a new understanding. (©2004)
- Main Title:
- Language in Jewish society : towards a new understanding
- 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.
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