A non-Jewish graduate student has submitted the first M. A. thesis dealing with the Yiddish language ever to be completed by a student at the University of Toronto, it was learned here today.
John Knott, a high school teacher engaged in graduate work at the university, calls his dissertation “A Study of the Lithuanian and Polish Dialects of Yiddish as Spoken in Toronto.” It is based on interviews with five Yiddish-speaking persons for each of the dialects analyzed. Mr. Knott made sound recordings of his informant’s speech patterns.
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