Linguistic outcomes of a Hasidic renewal: The case of Skver

Dalit Assouline

doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2014.12.003

Linguistic outcomes of a Hasidic renewal: The case of Skver

Dalit Assouline

Department of Hebrew Language

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Abstract

This article examines the impact of affiliation to a Hasidic sect on the Yiddish dialect used by its members. Focus is on the community of Skver Hasidim, residing in New Square, New York, where historical circumstances caused a clash between two pronunciation systems. A corpus of Yiddish recordings is analyzed to track one vowel shift occurring in the speech of community members, testifying to their distinct identity within the Hasidic world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-146
Number of pages	6
Journal	Language and Communication
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2014.12.003
State	Published - 1 May 2015

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Keywords

Ashkenazi hebrew
Communal identity
Hasidic yiddish
Social dialectology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Communication
Linguistics and Language

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