Abstract
Jewish languages contain a component derived from Hebrew and Aramaic, the earliest languages Jews used. We offer a historical comparative analysis of the structure and use of adjectives of Hebrew and Aramaic origin in the diverse spoken and written registers of Judezmo (Ladino, Judeo-Spanish) and Yiddish, the two major Jewish languages of the Sephardim and Ashkenazim of Europe. Attention is paid both to adjectives whose forms are entirely of Hebrew or Aramaic origin, as well as those constructed of bases of Hebrew and Aramaic origin, and derivational morphemes of Hispanic and Turkish origin (Judezmo), and Germanic and Slavic origin (Yiddish). The incorporation of the adjectives within the syntactic and semantic systems of Judezmo and Yiddish is examined, and comparisons made between the relative quantity and function of the adjectives in the two languages. It is meant as a model for the comparative study of the linguistic structures of Jewish languages.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 189-268 |
Number of pages | 80 |
Journal | Journal of Jewish Languages |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Keywords
- Aramaic
- Ashkenazi
- Judeo-Spanish
- Judezmo
- Ladino
- morphology
- Sephardic
- Yiddish