Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish

by Chaim M. Weiser

Frumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of the American Orthodox community to reveal how that community thinks, communicates, and educates.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568216149
• ISBN13: 9781568216140
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"