College of Humanities People
Neil Jacobs, Professor
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: http://germanic.osu.edu/Melton Center for Jewish Studies: http://meltoncenter.osu.edu/
429 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: jacobs.8@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-4267
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
WINTER QUARTER 2011: PLEASE CONSULT WEB PAGE FOR WEEKLY SCHEDULE. Please e-mail me to set up an office-hour appointment. If you e-mail me during the listed hours you will get an immediate reply and we can connect right away. Of course, you may e-mail me at any time, as well as request a meeting time outside the listed hours, by appointment. JANUARY 2011
TUESDAY, JANUARY 4: 2:30-5:30 PM. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14: 2:00-5:00 PM. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21: 2:00-5:00 PM. FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 24-28: I REPORT FOR JURY DUTY MONDAY, JANUARY 24. I WILL POST OFFICE HOURS FOR THIS WEEK AS SOON AS I CAN. IN THE MEANTIME PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND WE CAN ARRANGE A TIME THIS WEEK. OFFICE HOURS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 28: 2:00 - 5:00 PM. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2: 2:00 - 5:00 PM. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16: 1:00 - 4:00 PM. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24: 4:15 - 7:15 PM. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28: 10:45 - 12:45 & 2:15 - 3:15 PM. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9: 2:00 - 5:00 PM.
Education:
ATTENTION! COURSE OFFERING SPRING QUARTER 2010: "JEWS, ETHNICITY, AND LANGUAGE". THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED AS YIDDISH 721. OPEN TO GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. MEETING TIMES ARE CURRENTLY TBA; THE PLAN IS TO MEET FOR ONE 3-HOUR MEETING PER WEEK. NO PREREQUISITE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT PROF. NEIL JACOBS AT: jacobs.8@osu.edu
General Background:
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; ethnography of Ashkenazic Jewish speech/the linguistic performance of Jewishness.
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.
Newer 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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