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Anna Verschik

Academic Affiliation

• Tallinn University, Estonia / University of Helsinki, Finland

Contact Information

• Email: anna.verschik @ tlu.ee

Research Interests

Estonian Yiddish and Its Contacts

• Verschik, A. 2007. Jewish Russian and the Field of Ethnolect Study. Language in Society 36/2: 213-232.
• Verschik, A. 2005. Balti jidiš ja selle piirid. [Baltic Yiddish and its borders] Võro Instituudi Toimõndusõq [Publications of Võro Institute] 17: 164-176.
• Verschik, A. 2003. Baltendeutsche und Jiddische Sprachkontakte. In H. Hecker & W. Engel (eds.), Symbiose und Traditionsbruch: Deutsch-jüdische Wechselbeziehungen in Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa (19. und 20. Jahrhundert). Essen: Klartext Verlag. 123-134.
• Verschik, A. 2001. On the Dynamics of Article Use in Estonian Yiddish. Folia Linguistica 35/3-4: 337-369.
• Verschik, A. 1999. The Yiddish Language in Estonia: Past and Present. Journal of Baltic Studies 30/2: 117- 128.
• Verschik, A. 1999. Some Aspects of Multilingualism of Estonian Jews. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 139: 49-67.
• Verschik, A. 1999. The Yiddish Dialect in Estonia (a Description). Fenno-Ugristica 22: Indo-European-Uralic-Siberian Language and Cultural Contacts. Tartu: Tartu Univesity Press. 265-291.

Baltic Jewish Studies

• Verschik, A. 2005. The First Textbook of Lithuanian for Yiddish-Speakers. Archivum Lithuanicum 7: 139-154.
• Verschik, A. 2003. An Outsider's Support of Yiddishim in the Baltic States: The Case of Paul Ariste. Language Problems and Language Planning 27/2: 131-153.
• Verschik, A. 2003. Paul Ariste jidišikeelne kõne jidiši kaitseks [Paul Ariste's Yiddish Speech in Support of Yiddish]. In M. Lepajõe & A. Gross (eds.), Mille anni sicut dies hesterna... Studia in honorem Kalle Kasemaa. Tartu: Usuteaduskond. 326-339.
• Verschik, A. 2002. An 'Outsider' Lends Support to Yiddishism in Estonia. East European Jewish Affairs 32/2: 89-96.
• Verschik, A. 2001. Long Live English College! An Episode from the History of Jewish Education in Estonia. East European Jewish Affairs 31/1: 41-48.
• Verschik, A. 1998. Yiddish Folksongs in Estonia. Jewish Studies in a New Europe: Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of Jewish Studies in Copenhagen 1994 under the Auspices of the European Association for Jewish Studies. 861-870.

Jewish Russian

• Verschik, A. 2007. Jewish Russian and the Field of Ethnolect Study. Language in Society 36/2: 213-232.
• Verschik, A. 2003. О русском языке евреев [On Jewish Russian]. Die Welt der Slaven 48/1: 135-148.