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The Nile on eBay   The Origins of Modern Literary Yiddish by Dov-Ber Kerler This is the first systematic attempt to trace the beginnings of Modern Literary Yiddish, beginning in the eighteenth century. Kerler examines hitherto neglected Yiddish books from the period in order to analyze the linguistic changes manifest in both the transition and shift from old tonascent Modern Literary Yiddish within the broader context of genre and literary traditions and in the framework of Yiddish dialectology, grammar, and sociolinguistics. A major work of linguistic scholarship, The Origins of Modern Literary Yiddish is an important contribution to the study of thecrystallization process of literary languages. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description This is the first systematic attempt to trace the beginnings of modern literary Yiddish, an issue of great significance in the linguistic, literary, and social history of the Yiddish language. The eighteenth century marked the turning point in the history of literary Yiddish, a period of rapid linguistic assimilation to German and Dutch in the West and, by sharp contrast, the increasing cultural autonomy of Eastern European Jewry. Books printed in the West reflected the impact of New High German and contemporary Western Yiddish. Books published in Eastern Europe, the new centre for Yiddish printing, used Eastern Yiddish both for new works and for new editions of old Yiddish works. Dr Kerler examines hitherto neglected Yiddish books from the period in order to analyse the linguistic changes manifest in both the transition and shift from old to nascent Modern Literary Yiddish within the broader context of genre and literary traditions and in the framework of Yiddish dialectology, grammar, and sociolinguistics. Many of the grammatical norms of nineteenth and early twentieth-century literary Yiddish are shown to have their origins in the eighteenth century.A major work of linguistic scholarship, The Origins of Modern Literary Yiddish is an important contribution to the study of the crystallization process of literary languages, highlighting in the case of Yiddish the dynamics of emergence in the absence of the usual governmental support. Author Biography Kerler is a Hebrew Centre lecturer in Yiddish Language and Literature, University of Oxford. Table of Contents Part 1 Eastern Yiddish in the old literary language: the two early-18th-century East European texts. Part 2 Transition - easternization of old literary Yiddish: the late-18th-century Eastern re-editions of "Kav Hayosher"; the Eastern revision of "Tsene Rene"; the Eastern reprint of "Simkhes Hanefesh"; easternization - a comparative overview. Part 3 Shift - the emergence of nascent modern literary Yiddish: the earliest Eastern-Yiddish work - "Ben Hameylekh Vehanosir" (1771); the first original work in modern-Eastern Yiddish "Mayse Gdoyle Min Uman Umin Ukrayne (c.1783). Part 4 Shift - a comparative analysis: synthesis. Review `Kerler's study ... is characterized by an elegant precision in style that is rare in studies of this kind ... In one stroke ... Kerler clears away the accumulated detritus of a century of baseless speculation and merely conventional wisdom ... Kerler's exemplary work ... will be the basis of all future study of the most important transition in the history of the Yiddish literary language.'Jerold C.Frakes, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2001`theoretically sophisticated, elegantly written, and meticulously researched and documented study ... Kerler's citation practice serves all potential readers... The extensive bibliography ... demonstrates the astonishing breadth of Kerler's research for this project.'Jerold C.Frakes, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2001 Long Description This is the first systematic attempt to trace the beginnings of modern literary Yiddish, an issue of great significance in the linguistic, literary, and social history of the Yiddish language. The eighteenth century marked the turning point in the history of literary Yiddish, a period of rapid linguistic assimilation to German and Dutch in the West and, by sharp contrast, the increasing cultural autonomy of Eastern European Jewry. Booksprinted in the West reflected the impact of New High German and contemporary Western Yiddish. Books published in Eastern Europe, the new centre for Yiddish printing, used Eastern Yiddish both for new works and for new editions of old Yiddish works. Dr Kerler examines hitherto neglected Yiddish books fromthe period in order to analyse the linguistic changes manifest in both the transition and shift from old to nascent Modern Literary Yiddish within the broader context of genre and literary traditions and in the framework of Yiddish dialectology, grammar, and sociolinguistics. Many of the grammatical norms of nineteenth and early twentieth-century literary Yiddish are shown to have their origins in the eighteenth century. A major work of linguistic scholarship, TheOrigins of Modern Literary Yiddish is an important contribution to the study of the crystallization process of literary languages, highlighting in the case of Yiddish the dynamics of emergence in the absence of the usual governmental support. Review Text `Kerler's study ... is characterized by an elegant precision in style that is rare in studies of this kind ... In one stroke ... Kerler clears away the accumulated detritus of a century of baseless speculation and merely conventional wisdom ... Kerler's exemplary work ... will be the basis of all future study of the most important transition in the history of the Yiddish literary language.'Jerold C.Frakes, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2001`theoretically sophisticated, elegantly written, and meticulously researched and documented study ... Kerler's citation practice serves all potential readers... The extensive bibliography ... demonstrates the astonishing breadth of Kerler's research for this project.'Jerold C.Frakes, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2001 Review Quote 'theoretically sophisticated, elegantly written, and meticulously researched and documented study ... Kerler's citation practice serves all potential readers... The extensive bibliography ... demonstrates the astonishing breadth of Kerler's research for this project.'Jerold C.Frakes, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2001 Details ISBN0198151667 Author Dov-Ber Kerler Short Title ORIGINS OF MODERN LITERARY Pages 364 Language English ISBN-10 0198151667 ISBN-13 9780198151661 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 437.947 Illustrations Yes Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-05-31 Imprint Clarendon Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence ENK Birth 1958 Publisher Oxford University Press, USA Audience Professional and Scholarly Series Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs Position Sir Leslie and Lady Porter Fellow in Yiddish Studies Affiliation Sir Leslie and Lady Porter Fellow in Yiddish Studies, Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and Lincoln College DOI 10.1604/9780198151661 UK Release Date 1999-05-20 AU Release Date 1999-05-20 NZ Release Date 1999-05-20 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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ISBN: 9780198151661

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Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], This title examines hitherto neglected Yiddish books from the late 18th century in order to analyse the linguistic changes manifest in both the transition and shift from Old to nascent Modern Literary Yiddish within the broader context of genre and literary tradition and in the framework of Yiddish dialectology, grammar, and sociolinguistics., Dialect, Slang & Jargon<

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