Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears

Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears
Author: James A. Matisoff
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2000
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780804733946
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In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotionsfrom blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. A rarity among scholarly books, it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation."


Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears
Language: en
Pages: 204

Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears

Authors: James A. Matisoff
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotionsfrom blessings and thanks to lamentatio
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Categories: Social Science
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Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-18 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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Language: en
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Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

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