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The Languages of the Jews: A Sociolinguistic History Spolsky, Bernard (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
The Languages of the Jews: A Sociolinguistic History
Spolsky, Bernard (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Jewish historical sociolinguistics is rich in unanswered questions: when does a language become 'Jewish'? What was the origin of Yiddish? This book presents a vivid commentary on Jewish survival and Jewish speech communities, investigating difficult questions about language varieties and choices in speech and writing.
410 pages, 11 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 27, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107055445 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 376 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 234 × 24 mm · 660 g |
| Language | English |