The loshn koydesh component in contemporary Hasidic Yiddish

Autor(en)

Zoë Belk, Lily Kahn, Kriszta Eszter Szendrői

Abstrakt

The loshn koydesh (Hebrew and Aramaic) component has historically influenced the development of Yiddish lexis and grammar. We examine its contemporary use among 26 native speakers of contemporary Hasidic Yiddish from Israel, New York, and London using a written questionnaire examining the gender of loshn koydesh nouns, periphrastic verbs with a Hebrew/Aramaic element, and adjectives derived from the loshn koydesh element of periphrastics. Our findings show that there are differences on both the geographical and gender axes, many of which are consistent with the speakers’ varied exposure to Modern Hebrew, English, and loshn koydesh. We also found that the loshn koydesh component has developed since the pre-War stage of the language in ways that seem to affect contemporary Hasidic Yiddish usage in all locations and for both genders. We take these developments to provide evidence for the existence of this newly emergent variety of Yiddish – Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Sprachwissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

University College London

Journal

Journal of Jewish Languages

Band

138

Seiten

1-51

Anzahl der Seiten

51

ISSN

2213-4387

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/22134638-BJA10007

Publikationsdatum

2020

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

602004 Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, 602021 Jiddistik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Cultural Studies, Language and Linguistics, History, Linguistics and Language

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/f3337255-116a-4b4c-b7e1-31abfee9fe0f