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Unknown Lutsk Karaim Letters in Hebrew Script (19th-20th Centuries)
Michal Nemeth
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
The work presents -- as far as is now possible -- the language spoken by Lutsk Karaims in the second half of the 19th and in the first two decades of the 20th centuries. This is attempted by means of editing eleven private letters and five open letters written in Lutsk Karaim -- with Hebrew interpolations. The letters were written by different authors in Hebrew script.The present publication appears to be the first critical edition of this type of text written in this particular dialect. Previous editions of south-western Karaim manuscripts either concerned very short texts from Halych or were ... Read more
The work presents -- as far as is now possible -- the language spoken by Lutsk Karaims in the second half of the 19th and in the first two decades of the 20th centuries. This is attempted by means of editing eleven private letters and five open letters written in Lutsk Karaim -- with Hebrew interpolations. The letters were written by different authors in Hebrew script.The present publication appears to be the first critical edition of this type of text written in this particular dialect. Previous editions of south-western Karaim manuscripts either concerned very short texts from Halych or were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
416
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Krakow, Poland
ISBN
9788323332169
SKU
V9788323332169
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About Michal Nemeth
Michal Nemeth (born 1980) is an assistant lecturer in the Chair of Hungarian Philology at the Jagiellonian University. His main interests lie in historical linguistics and etymology. He studied Turkish and Hungarian philology at the Jagiellonian University. He has published one book and twelve articles. He holds a PhD degree in Linguistics (2011) from the Jagiellonian University.
Reviews for Unknown Lutsk Karaim Letters in Hebrew Script (19th-20th Centuries)
Michael Nemeth brings both new edition of philological science previously unknown archival sources for the history of everyday Karaim language in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as developing their language in terms of new information that these sources contribute to Karaim knowledge.
Marek Stachowski, Professor, Jagiellonian University
Marek Stachowski, Professor, Jagiellonian University