Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears : Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish
ISBN: 9780804780117
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Stanford University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Language/ Linguistics;

In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions--from blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. A rarity among scholarly books, it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation.


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