How old is the Yiddish language, its elements, and where do they come from?

How old is the Yiddish language, its elements, and where do they come from?

How and where did the
language spread from its erstwhile territory and how did it affect it?
2. Explain briefly but with concrete examples the following terms:
ASHKENAZ
,
INTERNAL JEWISH
TRILINGUALISM
,
FUSION LANGUAGE
. What makes Yiddish a language in its own right and how is it
connected with or related to other languages of the traditional Ashkenazi Jewish culture?
3. Summarize the connection between the geographic spread of Ashkenazi Jews, Jewish (Biblical) names
they reapplied to ‘new’ lands, and the different non
–
Jewish linguistic surroundings. Where and when did
many erstwhile Ashkenazi Yiddish speakers move outs
ide of the German
–
speaking lands?
4. Sum up the main functions and prestige of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Aramaic in traditional Jewish
Ashkenazi culture and society. What was the speakers’ attitude to the vernacular (spoken language)
compared to that the
y had towards the language of prayer and sacred texts?
B. Yiddish, mysticism, stereotypes
(answer 1 of the following):
5. Briefly contrast the connection between mysticism and attitudes to Yiddish among the Pious of
Ashkenaz, the later kabbali
sts, and Hasidism (later still).
6. Summarize the major stereotypes of Lithuanian (
Litvak
), Polish (
Galitzianer
), and perhaps some other
regional typed (or varieties) of Yiddish
–
speaking Jews. What geographic areas each one represents? Have
you met a
description of at least one of them in one or two of the stories we read in class?

 
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