| Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish Contributor(s): Matisoff, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804733937 ISBN-13: 9780804733939 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Foreign Language Study | Yiddish |
| Dewey: 439.181 |
| LCCN: 99087973 |
| Series: Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions-from blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. A rarity among scholarly books, it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation. |