{"product_id":"contagious-couplings-mark-southern-9780275980870","title":"Contagious Couplings: Transmission of Expressives in Yiddish Echo Phrases","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines relationships between native languages and Yiddish. It highlights the historical and sociolinguistic development of Turkic, Iranian, South Asian, Slavic, Greek, Balkan, Judezmo, Armenian, Georgian, and Basque languages. One of the main focuses is on the adopted post-medieval and pre-modern Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi homelands of Eastern Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book emphasizes the role of ludic or playful modifications of a language's structures at the colloquial level as sources of linguistic change. And, it goes further to say that expressive language, linguistic iconicity, and etymological analysis can all complement and enrich each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Southern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275980871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275980870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Mark Southern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587614912767,"sku":"9780275980870","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contagious-couplings-mark-southern-9780275980870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}