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2013
The book presents ten data-based studies on structural aspects of Yiddish in the light of modern linguistic theories which are of interest to linguists and philologists. The contributions address several levels of the language system including morphology, syntax and lexicology, and put special emphasis on mechanisms of internal and contact-induced ...
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The book presents ten data-based studies on structural aspects of Yiddish in the light of modern linguistic theories which are of interest to linguists and philologists. The contributions address several levels of the language system including morphology, syntax and lexicology, and put special emphasis on mechanisms of internal and contact-induced ...
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A multimedia corpus of the Yiddish language
Automatic Documentation and Mathematical Linguistics, 2015This paper presents a multimedia corpus of the Yiddish language that was created by the authors. The first version of the corpus has 10 hours of audio and video materials synchronized with a transcript. For the main corpus, a search platform and web interface using the NoSQL database, the Django web framework and a number of modules in the JavaScript ...
T. A. Arkhangel’skii, O. A. Sozinova
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On the Uses of Yiddish Language Geography
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 1998There are a number of Yiddish linguistic atlases in existence, the most comprehensive of which is the Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry ( LCAAJ ) now being published in its entirety. Often thought to be useful to linguists alone, these language-atlas materials on the contrary are a rich source of invaluable information useful to historians,
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The Language Contact of the Yiddish Language
Historically dubbed the international language of the Jewish diaspora, Yiddish is an influential, rich language of theatre, literature, and, most of all, history. Through extensive literature review, this essay summarises the language contact that resulted in such a language through changes in grammar, syntax, phonology, and multiple influxes of ...openaire +1 more source
Yiddish language conference aborted
East European Jewish Affairs, 1995Apres un bref resume des principaux evenements concernant l'histoire du developpement de la culture juive en Union Sovietique dans les deux decades suivant la Revolution de 1917, l'article retrace les grands themes abordes lors de la conference sur la langue Yiddish le 9 fevrier ...
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The impact of Yiddish on the English language
English Today, 2018Yiddish has served the English language as a comparatively minor donor language of words and meanings over the course of time. However, Yiddish has provided English with a number of borrowings that have become fairly common in present-day usage. This paper provides a rounded overview of the different lexical domains to which Yiddish contributed in the ...
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Yiddish as a vernacular language: teaching a language in obsolescence
Language Learning Journal, 2011The task of teaching non-territorial languages such as Yiddish at the university level is a complex undertaking. The teaching of Yiddish has its own particular difficulties due to an ever-diminishing population of native speakers available to students, a lack of contemporary cultural materials, and an abundance of outdated teaching materials.
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Making Yiddish modern: The creation of a Yiddish‐Language establishment in the Soviet Union
East European Jewish Affairs, 2000Cet article raconte l'histoire de la creation d'un etablissement philologique yiddish en Union sovietique dans les annees 1920 qui montre la force de la centralisation autant que ses limites. Un institut a Minsk, un autre a Kiev, creation du journal philologique professionel Di Yidishe Shprakh (La langue yiddish) qui a reussi a codifier et a etendre la
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