Haredi, haymish and frim: Yiddish vitality and language choice in a transnational, multilingual community

• Autores: Miriam Isaacs
• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 138, 1999, págs. 9-30
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The oppositional forces of traditionalism and modernism are acting upon the language practices and attitudes of Haredim. These sociolinguistic forces, compounded with substantial demographic changes, have caused language Variation in Haredi enclaves across several countries. Various segments of Haredi populations are responding to a ränge of religious, social, and utilitarian pressures by modifying their traditional diglossia, with some, especially Hasidim, increasing oppositional language practices by insisting on use of Yiddish. Other communities use Yiddish and other languages symbolically äs part of a larger code System. Haredi society is displaying Variation by gender and, propelled by a huge birth rate, by the generation of the Speakers.