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Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears : Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish
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Overview
In this delightful book, the author enumerates and classifies the formulas Yiddish speakers use to express their emotions-from 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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- ISBN-13: 9780804733939
- ISBN-10: 0804733937
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publish Date: April 2000
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.01 pounds
- Page Count: 200
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