Max Weinreich
Max Weinreich | |
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Weinreich in Vilna, 1929 | |
| Native name | מאַקס ווײַנרײַך |
| Born | 22 April 1894 |
| Died | 29 January 1969 (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Linguist, sociolinguist |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg (1923) |
| Notable works | History of the Yiddish language, Hitler's Professors |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Spouse |
Regina Shabad (m. 1923) |
| Children |
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| Relatives | Zemach Shabad (father-in-law) |
Max Weinreich (Yiddish: מאַקס ווײַנרײַך, Maks Vaynraych; Russian: Мейер Лазаревич Вайнрайх, Meyer Lazarevich Vaynraykh; 22 April 1894 – 29 January 1969) was a Russian-American-Jewish linguist, specializing in sociolinguistics and Yiddish, and the father of the linguist Uriel Weinreich.
He is known for increasing language awareness of Yiddish as a standardized language; he popularised the phrase "A language is a dialect with an army and navy".