Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears

Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears

Psycho-ostensive Expressions in Yiddish

by James A. Matisoff

160 pages· 2000· 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."

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