{"product_id":"language-in-jewish-society-towards-a-new-understanding-9781853597602","title":"Language in Jewish Society: Towards a New","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book makes an interesting and significant contribution to the fields of sociolinguistics and Jewish sociolinguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr Moshe Nahir, University of Manitoba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College * Journal of Sociolinguistics 10\/3 2006 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 2. Hebrew \u003cbr\u003e 3. Other Jewish Languages\u003cbr\u003e 4. Themes in Jewish Sociolinguistics \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel View Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888146231639,"sku":"9781853597602","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-in-jewish-society-towards-a-new-understanding-9781853597602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}