Literacy
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This chapter examines the role of print publications in Yiddish, beginning in the sixteenth century. Print stabilized Yiddish and also endowed it with an elasticity that was unprecedented in diaspora Jewish vernaculars, enabling it to traverse all of northern Europe. As a largely market-driven phenomenon, Yiddish eventually became an international language read by millions. Its print culture ran the gamut of Jewish ideologies and extended across the spectrum of high and low culture. The place of Yiddish in the shifting constellation of languages engaged by Ashkenazim is reflected in translations into and out of Yiddish, as well as in multilingual texts.
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2019 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 1-7
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1976 ◽
Vol 26
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pp. 211-228
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2009 ◽
Vol 19
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pp. 213-235
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