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Anglish/Yinglish : Yiddish in American life and literature
- Title
- Anglish/Yinglish : Yiddish in American life and literature / Gene Bluestein.
- Author
- Bluestein, Gene, 1928-2002
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1998.
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Details
- Description
- xxxii, 164 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Writers have celebrated the fruitful dialogue between English and Yiddish for decades. In this engrossing lexicon, Gene Bluestein reveals the full extent of that dialogue, introducing "Anglish, or Anglicized Yiddish, in which a Yiddish word is integrated into English usage, as in 'shmo' and 'shmoozing'; and Yinglish, or Yiddishized English, in which an English word is integrated into Yiddish usage, as in 'allrightnik,' or the expression 'a Heifitz he isn't.'" Bluestein's insights into and examples of countless Yiddish expressions that have made their way into American English are fascinating and delightful. They vividly remind us of the multiculturalism of the American language and of the nation itself. The lexicon can be read selectively, like a dictionary, or straight through, as an informative and entertaining romp through a sumptuous linguistic tradition. Everywhere are the words of some of America's most distinctive voices--Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley, Philip Roth, Joseph Heller, and countless others. This greatly expanded and updated second edition of Anglish/Yinglish is a splendid guide to the ways Yiddish has permeated and transformed the American language.
- Subject
- English language > Foreign words and phrases > Yiddish > Dictionaries
- Yiddish language > Influence on English > Dictionaries
- English language > Foreign words and phrases > Yiddish
- Yiddish language > Influence on English
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Entlehnung
- Jiddisch
- Wörterbuch
- Jiddisch
- Engels
- English language > Foreign words and phrases > Yiddish > Dictionaries
- Yiddish language > Influence on English > Dictionaries
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Dictionary
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries
- Dictionaries.
- Dictionnaires.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-164).
- Discography: p. 164.
- Contents
- A note on pronunciation -- Anglish-Yinglish dictionary -- Portnoy's complaint : the Jew as American -- The revival of klezmer music -- A note on Leo Rosten.
- ISBN
- 0803212259
- 9780803212251
- 0803261470
- 9780803261471
- LCCN
- 98010943
- OCLC
- ocm38239423
- 38239423
- SCSB-415469
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library