I am abroad for three weeks, so this project will meet another delay.
This contents page serves to indicate the nature and scope of the work.
A (LONG,BUT NECESSARY) NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. ORIGINS
CHAPTER II. THE THE HEBREW ELEMENTS: GENERAL
1. Hebrew-in-Yiddish compared with Latin-in-English
2. I.H. Taviov’s Views on the Hebrew Elements
3. The Contribution of the Jewish Merchant Class
4. The Euphemistic Role of Hebrew
5. The Hebrew Elements in Yiddish Verbs
CHAPTER II. THE HEBREW ELEMENTS: EVOLUTION
1. Introductory and Phonology
2. Morphology
3. Semasiology
CHAPTER IV. THE GERMAN ELEMENTS
1. Introductory
2. Phonology - 1
3. Phonology - 2
4. Morphology and Syntax - 1
5. Morphology and Syntax - 2
6. Semasiology
CHAPTER V. THE SLAV ELEMENTS
CHAPTER VI. PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
CHAPTER VII. WORDS AND IDIOMS
CHAPTER VIII. FRIM-FROOM-FROMM
CHAPTER IX. THE TRAGEDY OF YIDDISH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
There are also four word and phrase lists for Yiddish, Hebrew-Aramaic, German and Middle High German, and Slav as well as an index. I may omit these given the searchable nature of computer documents.
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