Yiddish as a Mixed Language

Ewa Geller is full professor of Linguistics at the Department of German Studies at the University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on the origins and structure of Eastern Yiddish. She is the author of Warschauer Jiddisch and other significant works in the field.Michał Gajek obtained his Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Warsaw, defending a dissertation entitled Mechanisms of the Integration of Yiddish Loanwords in Polish from the Point of View of Contact Linguistics. His primary fields of work are language contact, diachronic linguistics, digital lexicography.Agata Reibach obtained her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Warsaw, defending a dissertation entitled Der jidišer šnajder: Jewish-Polish Linguistic Contact on Example of ‘Tailoring’ Semantic Field in Yiddish. Her research interests focus on Yiddish lexicology, semantics and sociolects from a contact-linguistic perspective. She is a translator and teacher of Yiddish.

• PrefaceList of Illustrations and TablesAbbreviations1 Max Weinreich and Slavic Component of YiddishMichał Gajek1 Introduction2 Max Weinreich on Slavic-Yiddish Language Contact—Attempts at Revision3 Slavic Elements in Subsystems of Yiddish4 Discussion and Conclusions2 Yiddish in the Framework of the Mixed Language DebateEwa Geller and Michał Gajek1 Introduction2 Defining Terminology3 Yiddish-Slavic Language Contact4 Language Shift in Inception of Eastern Yiddish5 Borrowing in Development of Eastern Yiddish6 Yiddish as Mixed Language7 Conclusions3 Role of Slavic Matter Borrowings in New Pattern GrammaticalizationEwa Geller1 Introduction2 Theoretical Framework3 Method4 Analysis and Its Results5 Conclusions4 De-Construction of German-Type CompoundsAgata Reibach1 Introduction2 Methods3 Compound Types in Yiddish4 Compounds in Yiddish Component Languages5 Results6 Conclusions5 Core Vocabulary Borrowability Restrictions: Case of Semantic Field ‘Body’Agata Reibach1 Introduction2 Methods3 Results4 Discussion and DesiderataAppendix6 Convergence of Syntactic Structures of Yiddish and Polish Direct Interrogative Sentences: Remarks on Parametric Structure of CP and wh-MovementAnna Pilarski1 Introduction2 Methods3 Analysis4 Results5 Conclusions7 Yiddish as Donor Language for PolishMichał Gajek1 Introduction2 Methodological Issues3 Yiddish Loanwords in Polish—Integration and Assimilation4 Yiddishisms in Polish Vocabulary as Example of Low-Variety Influence5 Conclusions and DesiderataReferencesIndex