4 Jewish texts in Old Catalan
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Abstract
This chapter presents information about the context, language, and verbal culture of medieval Catalan Jews, together with an assessment and interpretation. In Section 1, after a description of the historical background and leading figures of the day, the chapter goes on to discuss one of the issues that has aroused more interest among scholars: the vernacular language used by Jewish communities. Section 2 deals with some of the documentary sources available (texts, inscriptions, glosses), while Section 3 addresses a number of script practices in the communities studied (calque translations, last wills, transactional documents, texts in aljamia script, signatures). Section 4 deals with a particular set of verbal genres and emphasizes the need to take into account both text and performance frame. Section 5 then describes some of the lexical and other features of the everyday language of Catalan Jews that can be deduced from the documentation available. Lastly, Section 6 examines the problem of Jewish languages, specifically Judaeo-Catalan. Both Sections 4 and 6 explore the issue beyond philology, discussing language in its social and cultural context and highlighting its relevance.
Abstract
This chapter presents information about the context, language, and verbal culture of medieval Catalan Jews, together with an assessment and interpretation. In Section 1, after a description of the historical background and leading figures of the day, the chapter goes on to discuss one of the issues that has aroused more interest among scholars: the vernacular language used by Jewish communities. Section 2 deals with some of the documentary sources available (texts, inscriptions, glosses), while Section 3 addresses a number of script practices in the communities studied (calque translations, last wills, transactional documents, texts in aljamia script, signatures). Section 4 deals with a particular set of verbal genres and emphasizes the need to take into account both text and performance frame. Section 5 then describes some of the lexical and other features of the everyday language of Catalan Jews that can be deduced from the documentation available. Lastly, Section 6 examines the problem of Jewish languages, specifically Judaeo-Catalan. Both Sections 4 and 6 explore the issue beyond philology, discussing language in its social and cultural context and highlighting its relevance.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- List of abbreviations and symbols IX
- 0 Introduction 1
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The languages of the Jews in the Latin West until the end of the 15th century
- 1 Medieval Jewish textual production in Romance 27
- 2 Judaeo-Portuguese 43
- 3 Jewish texts in Old Castilian and Navarro-Aragonese 79
- 4 Jewish texts in Old Catalan 99
- 5 Jewish texts in Old Occitan 129
- 6 Jewish texts in Oïl varieties: Old Continental French 141
- 7 Jewish texts in Oïl varieties: Anglo-Norman 167
- 8 Old Italo-Romance Jewish texts 177
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The Jews and the Romance languages in the modern era
- 9 Sephardic Bible translations 209
- 10 Linguistic aspects of Ladino 233
- 11 The formation and development of Judaeo-Spanish 267
- 12 Judaeo-Italian varieties in the modern era 301
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Judaeo-Spanish from the end of the 19th century until today
- 13 Geographic distribution and varieties of Judaeo-Spanish 329
- 14 Judaeo-Spanish literature 359
- 15 The lexicography of Judaeo-Spanish 383
- 16 Graphemics and standardization of Judaeo-Spanish 409
- 17 Phonetics and phonology of Judaeo-Spanish 429
- 18 The morphology of Judaeo-Spanish 463
- 19 The syntax of Judaeo-Spanish 507
- 20 The Judaeo-Spanish lexicon 535
- List of contributors 551
- Index 555
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Contents VII
- List of abbreviations and symbols IX
- 0 Introduction 1
-
The languages of the Jews in the Latin West until the end of the 15th century
- 1 Medieval Jewish textual production in Romance 27
- 2 Judaeo-Portuguese 43
- 3 Jewish texts in Old Castilian and Navarro-Aragonese 79
- 4 Jewish texts in Old Catalan 99
- 5 Jewish texts in Old Occitan 129
- 6 Jewish texts in Oïl varieties: Old Continental French 141
- 7 Jewish texts in Oïl varieties: Anglo-Norman 167
- 8 Old Italo-Romance Jewish texts 177
-
The Jews and the Romance languages in the modern era
- 9 Sephardic Bible translations 209
- 10 Linguistic aspects of Ladino 233
- 11 The formation and development of Judaeo-Spanish 267
- 12 Judaeo-Italian varieties in the modern era 301
-
Judaeo-Spanish from the end of the 19th century until today
- 13 Geographic distribution and varieties of Judaeo-Spanish 329
- 14 Judaeo-Spanish literature 359
- 15 The lexicography of Judaeo-Spanish 383
- 16 Graphemics and standardization of Judaeo-Spanish 409
- 17 Phonetics and phonology of Judaeo-Spanish 429
- 18 The morphology of Judaeo-Spanish 463
- 19 The syntax of Judaeo-Spanish 507
- 20 The Judaeo-Spanish lexicon 535
- List of contributors 551
- Index 555
