[PDF.34im] Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish (Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences)

Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish (Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences)

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 | #1710428 in Books |  Stanford University Press |  2000-05-01 |  2000-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.80 x6.00l,.68 | File type: PDF | 195 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The Good, the bad, and the ugly|By Sarah999|Excellent book with plenty of GREAT Yiddish expressions and GREAT explanations.
The Yiddish...was the easy part.
The English however, i.e. psycho-ostensive, malo-fugitive, theo-bono-petitives, bono-recognition, atomic psychic states etc.
left me stone cold, dumbfounded, scratching my head, and very frustrated.
It's| |"It may be said of Matisoff's treatise that it shows how Yiddish, through its linguistic delicacies, offered its speakers and listeners valuable therapeutic tools to cope with the perplexing world they encountered. Exploring that wolrd with Matisoff is a recr

In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions. 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. The author analyzes the many kinds of Yiddish "psycho-ostensives"―ranging from blessings and thanks to lamentations and curses. To a person who mentions something ho...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish (Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences)   |  James A. Matisoff. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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