Language in Jewish society : towards a new understanding /

John Myhill 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. He discusses the revival of Hebrew, Hebrew in the diaspora, the survival of Yiddish and more.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Myhill, John, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, ©2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Multilingual matters (Series) ; 128.
Temas:
Jews > Languages.
Sociolinguistics.
Jews > Identity.
Hebrew language > History.
Juifs > Langues.
Sociolinguistique.
Juifs > Identité.
sociolinguistics.
Jewish studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Hebrew language
Jews > Identity
Jews > Languages
Sociolinguistics
Soziolinguistik
Jiddisch.
Hebräisch.
Aramäisch.
Computer network resources.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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