Blessings, curses, hopes, and fears: psycho-ostensive expressions in yiddish
Auteur :
Matisoff, James A.
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9780804733939
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2000
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.