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Language in Jewish Society: Towards a New Understanding
Author(s) -
Bunin Benor Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of sociolinguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9841
pISSN - 1360-6441
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.0334b.x
Subject(s) - hebrew , judaism , jewish studies , classics , citation , history , sociology , theology , library science , philosophy , computer science
In his book, Language in Jewish Society: Towards a New Understanding, Myhill ambitiously analyzes the relationship between language, identity, and society over a period of 3,000 years of Jewish history. Addressing a general readership, Myhill rejects an insider’s ideological approach, which focuses on the uniqueness of Jewish attitudes to language, in favor of a typological perspective, which explores the commonalities and differences between Jewish and non-Jewish sociolinguistic attitudes.