Publications

Publication details [#26304]

Harris, Tracy K. 1994. Death of a language: The history of Judeo-Spanish. University of Delaware Press. 354 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language and society | language attitude | language death

Language as a subject

Spanish, Judeo

Annotation

This book examines the linguistic, social and cultural factors that have contributed to the imminent demise of Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish. Interviews with 91 Judeo-Spanish speakers, conducted in New York, Israel and Los Angeles, focused on the language's current structure, characteristics and domains of use and on the speakers' attitudes.

Reviewed by

Coles, Felice. 1996. Review of $Death of a language: The history of Judeo-Spanish.

Armistead, Samuel G. 1995. Review of $Death of a language: The history of Judeo-Spanish.