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The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews Paperback - 2009
by Neal Karlen
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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.
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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.
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- Title The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews
- Author Neal Karlen
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company
- Publication date 2009-03-31
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060837129 / 0060837128
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 1 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress subjects Yiddish language - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 439.109
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