Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears
Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions. The author analyzes the many kinds of…
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Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears
In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions. The author analyzes the many kinds of Yiddish psycho-ostensives ranging from blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. It is a rarity among scholarly books, for it brings joy while it teaches; it makes us smile, sometimes roar with laughter, while it develops the most rigorous linguistic argumentation.
(Salt into your eyes, and pepper into your nose!). To a person who mentions something horrible youcan say: Zalts dir in di oygn, fefer dir in noz! Or to a child you might tenderly murmur: A gez nt dir in yeder Zyverl!
(A health to all your little body-parts!). The author illustrates how these formulas can be used to fulfill social conventions, to keep away evil, to show off or even to deceive the listener.
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