Neil G. Jacobs, Professor
429 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Phone: 614-292-4267
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
WINTER QUARTER: PLEASE CONSULT WEB PAGE FOR MONTHLY SCHEDULE. FEBRUARY 2009
FEBRUARY 6: 12:00-4:00; FEBRUARY 9: 11:30-3:30; FEBRUARY 19 12:00-4:00; FEBRUARY 23: 11:30-3:30; and by appointment
Personal URL(s):
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/jacobs8/
Neil G. Jacobs, PhD (Columbia University, 1984). Professor.
Research interests: Yiddish phonology and morphology; history of the Yiddish language; Yiddish linguistic geography; general historical linguistics, Post-Yiddish Jewish ethnolects (especially of German and Dutch); use of language in Jewish cabaret.
Books: Economy in Yiddish Vocalism: A study in the interplay of Hebrew and non-Hebrew components (1990). Harrassowitz Verlag
Yiddish: A linguistic introduction (2005). Cambridge University Press
Edited volumes: Studies in Jewish Geography. Special Issue of Shofar: An interdisciplinary journal of Jewish studies, Vol. 17, No. 1. Fall 1998.
When Languages Collide: Perspectives on Language Conflict, Language Competition, and Language Coexistence. Edited by Brian D. Joseph, Johanna DeStefano, Neil Jacobs, and Ilse Lehiste. Ohio State University Press. (2003).
Articles on: Hebrew-Aramaic component in Yiddish; Yiddish phonology; Yiddish morphology; history of the Yiddish language; Yiddish linguistic geography; hyperforeignism in general linguistic change; diglossia; ethnogeographic information systems (EGIS) for mainframe and pc; Jewish-German; Jewish cabaret.
Major courses taught: History of the Yiddish language; Yiddish linguistic geography; language and society in interwar Vienna.
New teaching projects include: a group-studies course in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese under the rubric Spanish 694: "Introduction to Papiamentu language and Culture".
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