Description
Book SynopsisThis book argues that the usage of language in Jewish societies can be understood as following from certain specific principles, particularly regarding the relationship between language and identity. Phenomena discussed include the revival of Hebrew, Hebrew in the Diaspora, the survival and ‘sanctification’ of Yiddish, the idea of ‘Jewish languages’, and the role of sociolinguistic phenomena in the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Trade ReviewThis book makes an interesting and significant contribution to the fields of sociolinguistics and Jewish sociolinguistics.
-- Dr Moshe Nahir, University of Manitoba.
This book represents an important contribution to scholarship on Jewish languages and language revitalization. It also represents a springboard for further research on Jewish language varieties in Israel and the Diaspora and their evaluation by speakers and non-speakers.
-- Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College * Journal of Sociolinguistics 10/3 2006 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. Hebrew
3. Other Jewish Languages
4. Themes in Jewish Sociolinguistics
Bibliography
Index
