Frumspeak: The First Dictionary Of Yeshivish

Book Summary


Frumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of the American Orthodox community to reveal how that community thinks, communicates, and educates.

Book Details


Book Name Frumspeak: The First Dictionary Of Yeshivish
Author Chaim M. Weiser
Publisher Jason Aronson (Aug 1995)
ISBN 9781568216140
Pages 108
Language English
Price 1906
 
 

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