Judeo-Georgian Language as an Identity Marker of Georgian Jews (The Jews Living in Georgia)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17823925
AutoresTamari Lomtadze (0000-0002-8471-278X, Akaki Tsereteli State University, autor de correspondencia), Reuven Enoch (Ariel University)
Año2019
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas1-26
Fecha de publicación2019-05-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Jewish Languages (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2213-4387 • E-ISSN: 2213-4638
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22134638-07011146
OpenAlexW2942830225
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas5

The Judeo-Georgian language has not yet been fully studied. Up to the end of the 20th century, only religion, traditions, and customs had been considered key identity markers of Georgian Jews. The first comprehensive scholarly works relating to Judeo-Georgian appeared at the turn of the century. This article builds on previous research on the speech varieties of Georgian Jews. The purpose of the present article is to demonstrate that alongside religion, customs, traditions, and culture, language was one of the main identity markers of the Jews in Georgia. The variety of Georgian spoken by the Jews differed from standard Georgian in prosodic (intonational), grammatical, and lexical features. The sociocultural and ethnolinguistic distinctiveness of their speech was reflected primarily in the use of Hebraisms

Aesthetics · Art · Georgian · Ideology · Language ideology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy