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This volume is devoted to selected aspects of the culture and
language of the two largest Jewish Diaspora groups, Sephardim and
Ashkenazim. The authors analyze the latest European research
tendencies related to both Jewish factions. Questions concern the
historical, social and cultural contact with non-Jewish
environment, the problems of Jewish identity, the condition of
languages in both groups (Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Hakitia), and
Jewish anthroponymy. The reflections concern various areas of
contemporary Germany, Poland, Russia, the Balkan countries, Italy,
the countries of North Africa inhabited by both Sephardi and
Ashkenazi Jews. For the analyses, not only documents, manuscripts,
press articles, and literary texts serve as a basis but also the
artifacts of material culture.
The collection of articles chosen by the editors presents a broad
variety of issues connected with Jewish languages (Judeo-Spanish,
Yiddish) and co-territorial languages used by Ashkenazi and
Sephardic Jews in different places and periods. Thus, the book
contains both strictly linguistic and sociolinguistic descriptions
(including the aspects of evaluating language, language in contact
or linguistic identity), the presentation of languages in literary
works (and their translations) from different periods, as well as
lexicographical and cultural observations. This thematic variety
shows opportunities for the research into the languages of both
Jewish groups and inspires other scientific projects in this field.
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