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23 - The Diachrony of Yiddish and Judaeo-Spanish as Contact Languages

from Part Five - Language Diasporas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Marie-Christine Bornes-Varol  and
Anne Szulmajster-Celnikier
Edited by
Salikoko S. Mufwene  and
Anna María Escobar
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Anna María Escobar
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Summary

This chapter discusses – in the general problematics of languages in contact – Jewish languages and languages of the Diaspora. It intends to study from a comparative perspective especially the diachrony of Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish, two diasporic languages with similar developments and destinies. After a short presentation of the two languages, we examine successively: 1) the creation of Judaeo-languages in Diaspora, 2) the Diaspora versus migration, 3) the Judaeo-calque languages, 4) the common dynamics of Jewish languages, and 5) the diachrony of Jewish languages. The conclusion focuses on the successful innovations appearing in a Jewish language. It points out the important role of the Hebrew component (its direct and indirect influence), as well as the broad interlinguistic competence of Yiddish and Judaeo-Spanish speakers in the process of evolution of the languages considered.

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Jewish languagesYiddishJudaeo-SpanishLadinoHebrewDiasporacontact languagescalqueborrowingdiachronyinnovation
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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact
Volume 1: Population Movement and Language Change
 , pp. 716 - 745
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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