On the Multilingualism of Mountain Jews of the Caucasus [O mnogoiazychii u gorskikh evreev Kavkaza
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Today the main problem for the transnational Mountain Jews’ community and its leaders and activists is saving of the “native” language from the threat of future extinction. Against this background, the idea about variable multilingualism (polyglossia) falls out of the official discourse. However, multilingualism was typical for all known local Mountain Jewish groups, who lived in Northeast and Northwest Caucasus, and remains an integral part of their linguistic identity. The article, based on written sources and fieldworks materials (2019–2023), attempts to provide a detailed description and analysis of the multilingualism of Mountain Jews; the emphasis is on the specific social, religious, everyday and professional functionality of this phenomena.
Source: Etnograficheskoe obozrenie
Author: Arusyak Agababyan
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404806522