The Language Contact of the Yiddish Language
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Historically dubbed the international language of the Jewish diaspora, Yiddish is an influential, rich language of theatre, literature, and, most of all, history. Through extensive literature review, this essay summarises the language contact that resulted in such a language through changes in grammar, syntax, phonology, and multiple influxes of loanwords. In doing so, it hopes to paint a different picture to contemporary opinion while providing a model for language contact in general.
Source: University of Essex
DOI: 10.5526/esj.412
Author: Llinos Evans
Institution: University of Essex
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6969522763
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