"Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish"
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"Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish" is a scholarly linguistic study by James A. Matisoff that analyzes the expressive, emotional, and culturally embedded speech acts found in Yiddish.
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| "Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23506406 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish" Context triple: [James A. Matisoff, notableWork, "Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish"]
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The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century is a pioneering scholarly study that surveys and analyzes the development of Yiddish literary culture during the 1800s.
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Czernowitz Conference on the Yiddish Language
The Czernowitz Conference on the Yiddish Language was a landmark 1908 gathering of Jewish intellectuals that formally asserted Yiddish as a national language of the Jewish people and helped shape modern Yiddish culture and identity.
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C.
Va'ad HaLashon
Va'ad HaLashon was an early 20th-century Hebrew language committee that played a central role in standardizing modern Hebrew vocabulary and grammar.
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Yiddish Forward
Yiddish Forward is the Yiddish-language edition of the historic Jewish-American newspaper the Forward, serving readers interested in Yiddish culture, news, and literature.
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E.
In Praise of the Music of Language
In Praise of the Music of Language is the subtitle of Douglas Hofstadter’s book *Le Ton beau de Marot*, which explores translation, poetry, and the intricate play of meaning and form in language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish" Target entity description: "Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish" is a scholarly linguistic study by James A. Matisoff that analyzes the expressive, emotional, and culturally embedded speech acts found in Yiddish.
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A.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century is a pioneering scholarly study that surveys and analyzes the development of Yiddish literary culture during the 1800s.
-
B.
Czernowitz Conference on the Yiddish Language
The Czernowitz Conference on the Yiddish Language was a landmark 1908 gathering of Jewish intellectuals that formally asserted Yiddish as a national language of the Jewish people and helped shape modern Yiddish culture and identity.
-
C.
Va'ad HaLashon
Va'ad HaLashon was an early 20th-century Hebrew language committee that played a central role in standardizing modern Hebrew vocabulary and grammar.
-
D.
Yiddish Forward
Yiddish Forward is the Yiddish-language edition of the historic Jewish-American newspaper the Forward, serving readers interested in Yiddish culture, news, and literature.
-
E.
In Praise of the Music of Language
In Praise of the Music of Language is the subtitle of Douglas Hofstadter’s book *Le Ton beau de Marot*, which explores translation, poetry, and the intricate play of meaning and form in language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
James A. Matisoff
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notableWork
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"Blessings, Curses, Hopes, and Fears: Psycho-Ostensive Expressions in Yiddish"
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