Origins of the Yiddish language. Ed. by Dovid Katz. (Winter Studies in Yiddish, volume 1. Papers from the First Annual Oxford Winter Symposium in Yiddish Language and Literature, 15–17 December 1985.) Oxford: Pergamon, 1987. Pp. 145.
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Origins of the Yiddish language. Ed. by Dovid Katz. (Winter Studies in Yiddish, volume 1. Papers from the First Annual Oxford Winter Symposium in Yiddish Language and Literature, 15–17 December 1985.) Oxford: Pergamon, 1987. Pp. 145.
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