Yiddish

  • Yiddish: A Linguistic Introduction
    By Neil G. Jacobs

    Barron's Educational Series . Rothstein , Robert . 1990. Review article of Yiddish aspectology ( Aktionen im Jiddischen by Mordkhe Schaechter ) . In Paul Wexler ( ed . ) , Studies in Yiddish linguistics , 143– 153.

  • Yiddish: Biography of a Language
    By Jeffrey Shandler

    ... Essikman Fisch, Fishman Fleischer, Fleischman Fruchter, Fruchtman Hoberman, Guberman Holzman Lederer, Lederman Mellman Seidman Wasserman Weiner, Weinerman Weitz, Weitzman Zucker, Zuckerman oats wood leather leder mel flour zayd silk ...

  • Yiddish: Turning to Life
    By Joshua A. Fishman

    Rosenbaum, Y., E. Nadel, R.L. Cooper and J .A. Fishman. 1977. English on Keren Kayemet Street. In J .A. Fishman, R.L. Cooper and R. Ma (eds), Bilingualism in the Barrio. Bloomington: Indiana University Language Sciences Monographs.

  • Yiddish: Biography of a Language
    By Jeffrey Shandler

    "This book provides an introduction to Yiddish, the foundational vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, both as a subject of interest in its own right and for the distinctive issues that Yiddish raises for the study of languages generally, including ...

  • Yiddish: Biography of a Language
    By Jeffrey Shandler

    Shlomo Noble and Joshua A. Fishman, vol. 1 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008), A4. 4. Israel Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, vol. 7: Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period, trans.

  • Yiddish: Turning to Life
    By Joshua A. Fishman

    Fishman's interest in Yiddish (among other Jewish languages) has previously been difficult to access and it is hoped that the appearance of this book will go some way toward alleviating this situation.

  • Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition
    By S.A. Birnbaum

    On Nathan Birnbaum's work, life, and thought, see Jess Olson, Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity (Stanford: Stanford University Press 2013); Solomon A. Birnbaum, 'Nathan Birnbaum,' in Men of Spirit, ed. Leo Jung (New York: Kymson, ...

  • Yiddish: A Nation of Words
    By Miriam Weinstein

    THIS FIRST-EVER popular history of Yiddish is so full of life that it reads like a biography of the language.For a thousand years Yiddish was the glue that held a...

  • Yiddish: origins and use
    By Cristina Nilsson

    Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: sehr gut, University of Freiburg, language: English, abstract: Origins: Yiddish is the historic language of Asheknazic ...

  • Yiddish: A Nation of Words
    By Miriam Weinstein

    This book requires no previous knowledge of Yiddish or of Jewish history—just a curious mind and an open heart.

  • Yiddish: A Survey and a Grammar, Second Edition
    By S.A. Birnbaum

    Featuring three new introductory essays by noted Yiddish scholars, a corrected version of the text, and an expanded and updated bibliography, this book is essential reading for any serious student of Yiddish and its culture.