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Project

Antwerp Yiddish Noun Plurals (AYNP). (AYNP)

The project will explore structure and acquisition in contemporary Yiddish used by the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox community in Antwerp, Belgium. This community lives in a unique multilingual situation that includes three main languages: Yiddish and Dutch - two living languages competing as native tongues, and Loshn Koydesh (Classical Hebrew) - restricted only for praying and not used for daily communication. Our window onto native Antwerp Yiddish is the system of noun plurals, whereby a singular noun takes on a plural suffix. The aim of the project is two-fold: first, to describe the system of noun plurals as it is currently used by adults, taking into account the intensive contact with Dutch, and second, to understand how this system is acquired by children from the same community.
Date:1 Sep 2012 →  31 Aug 2013
Keywords:GERMAN-JEWISH LITERATURE, YIDDISH, DIALECTOLOGY, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Disciplines:Literary studies