| The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews Contributor(s): Karlen, Neal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060837128 ISBN-13: 9780060837129 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Karlens delightfully engaging, sometimes irreverent history of the Yiddish language chronologically charts the language from its beginnings as a minor dialect in 11th-century France to its unlikely revival and electrifying 21st-century renaissance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 439.109 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: A delightfully unconventional tale of a people, their place in the world, and the fascinating language that held them together. Yiddish is an unlikely survivor of the ages, much like the Jews themselves. Incorporating antique German dialects and elements from more than a dozen other tongues, the Yiddish language bears the imprint of the many places where European Jews were briefly given shelter. Neal Karlen's unique, brashly entertaining, yet thoroughly researched telling of the language's story reveals that Yiddish is a mirror of Jewish history, thought, and practice--for better and for worse. |
Contributor Bio(s): Karlen, Neal: - Neal Karlen was speaking Yiddish at home well before he was a staff writer at Newsweek and Rolling Stone. A regular contributor to the New York Times, he has studied Yiddish at Brown University, New York's Inlingua Institute, and the University of Minnesota's Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches nonfiction writing. |