Call number
435 Weiser
Subjects
Publication
Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c1995.
Description
Frumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of the American Orthodox community to reveal how that community thinks, communicates, and educates.
User reviews
LibraryThing member MartinBodek
Yes, I read dictionaries. They're books with words. So what if they aren't paragraphed and sentenced? It's just as savory. This book may seem silly on the surface, and it may very well be to those discerning the book with a jocular eye, but it most certainly is not. The author clearly knows of what
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he speaks (I know that I know that he knows because I've been reading a lot about linguistics, and he is completely on the level). The book has several flaws however: 1) The words that have multiple definitions do not have the definitions ordered by common usage. 2) There are dozens of known Yeshivish words that do not appear in the book. 3) There are several words used in the long, entertaining introduction that don't appear in the book. That one's a serious quality-control oversight. Time for an updated version. Show Less
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ISBN
1568216149 / 9781568216140