Historical sociolinguistics is a comparatively new area of
research, investigating difficult questions about language
varieties and choices in speech and writing. Jewish historical
sociolinguistics is rich in unanswered questions: when does a
language become 'Jewish'? What was the origin of Yiddish? How much
Hebrew did the average Jew know over the centuries? How was Hebrew
re-established as a vernacular and a dominant language? This book
explores these and other questions, and shows the extent of
scholarly disagreement over the answers. It shows the value of
adding a sociolinguistic perspective to issues commonly ignored in
standard histories. A vivid commentary on Jewish survival and
Jewish speech communities that will be enjoyed by the general
reader, and is essential reading for students and researchers
interested in the study of Middle Eastern languages, Jewish
studies, and sociolinguistics.
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