Comprehensive Study of Jewish English and Its Features in the Modern-Day English-Speaking World
Тип публікації :
Бакалаврська робота
Дата випуску :
2025
Автор(и) :
Поворозник, Назар Ігорович
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Мова основного тексту :
Англійська
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[APA 7] Поворозник, Н. І. (2025). Comprehensive Study of Jewish English and Its Features in the Modern-Day English-Speaking World. [Bachelor's thesis, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка]. eKNUTSHIR. https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/22204
[ДСТУ] Поворозник Н. І. Comprehensive Study of Jewish English and Its Features in the Modern-Day English-Speaking World : кваліфікаційна робота бакалавра : 035 Філологія / наук. кер. А. Карабан. Kyiv, 2025. URL: https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/22204 (date of access: 17.07.2026).
This Bachelor’s Thesis explores the grammatical, lexical, and phonetic peculiarities of Jewish English found in 4 episodes of the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox. The study focuses on the community of Hasidic JE speakers, whose speech, as proposed by M. Newman, tends to be most notably influenced by Yiddish and Textual Hebrew, in Williamsburg, New York City. Six speakers were chosen for analysis on the presence or absence of the features described in the hypothesis.
Chapter I defines the concept of Jewish English, tracing its emergence and development within the United States, and examines the sociolinguistic conditions that have shaped its evolution. It presents a range of definitions, explores its key grammatical, lexical, and phonetic features, and discusses how these vary among Jewish communities depending on degrees of ethno-religious affiliation. Particular attention is given to the sociocultural variables that influence the manifestation of Jewish English features, with secular speakers showing fewer linguistic markers and Hasidic speakers exhibiting more distinct usage. Chapter II offers a qualitative analysis of Jewish English as portrayed in the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, focusing on the occurrence and function of specific linguistic features. Lexical analysis revealed extensive Yiddish influence, including religious terminology, kinship terms, culinary vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions in both in-group and out-group communication. Grammatical analysis indicated limited influence, with few nonstandard structures present, while phonetic analysis highlighted notable features such as the voiced glottal fricative /ɦ/ replacing the standard English /h/. Together, the findings underscore the persistence and visibility of Jewish English features within media representations of Hasidic communities.
The study applies a qualitative approach of corpus data, based on the foregoing miniseries. By analyzing the grammatical, lexical, and phonetic features found in the segments and their correlation with in-group and out-group communication, it demonstrates how important one’s ethno-religious identity might be, especially in the variety language analysis of a community.
Chapter I defines the concept of Jewish English, tracing its emergence and development within the United States, and examines the sociolinguistic conditions that have shaped its evolution. It presents a range of definitions, explores its key grammatical, lexical, and phonetic features, and discusses how these vary among Jewish communities depending on degrees of ethno-religious affiliation. Particular attention is given to the sociocultural variables that influence the manifestation of Jewish English features, with secular speakers showing fewer linguistic markers and Hasidic speakers exhibiting more distinct usage. Chapter II offers a qualitative analysis of Jewish English as portrayed in the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, focusing on the occurrence and function of specific linguistic features. Lexical analysis revealed extensive Yiddish influence, including religious terminology, kinship terms, culinary vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions in both in-group and out-group communication. Grammatical analysis indicated limited influence, with few nonstandard structures present, while phonetic analysis highlighted notable features such as the voiced glottal fricative /ɦ/ replacing the standard English /h/. Together, the findings underscore the persistence and visibility of Jewish English features within media representations of Hasidic communities.
The study applies a qualitative approach of corpus data, based on the foregoing miniseries. By analyzing the grammatical, lexical, and phonetic features found in the segments and their correlation with in-group and out-group communication, it demonstrates how important one’s ethno-religious identity might be, especially in the variety language analysis of a community.
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03 Гуманітарні науки::035 Філологія
Галузі науки і техніки (FOS) :
Гуманітарні науки
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