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Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A.; Fishman, David E. – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
Descriptors: Hebrew, Language Planning, Language Usage, Monolingualism
Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – Language Problems & Language Planning, 2000
Other languages in Israel, such as Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian suffer from a serious lack of well-prioritized efforts in accord with their specific language planning needs. This current insufficiency of funds and effort may lead to the early demise of most Jewish languages other than Hebrew in Israel, with the exception of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Multilingualism
Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A.; Fishman, David E. – Linguistics, 1974
Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1; research supported by the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the Ford Foundation, and The Language Behavior Secion, Hebrew University. (DD)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Planning, Language Standardization, National Norms
Fishman, Joshua A. – 1991
The theory and practice of assistance to speech communities whose native languages are threatened are examined. The discussion focuses on why most efforts to reverse language shift are unsuccessful or even harmful, diagnosing difficulties and prescribing alternatives based on a combination of ethnolinguistic, sociocultural, and econotechnical…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Basque, Case Studies, Diachronic Linguistics
Fishman, Joshua A. – 1991
On the basis of detailed analyses of 10 threatened language-in-society constellations and three formerly endangered but now secure constellations, this book develops a closely argued theory of worldwide efforts on behalf of reversing language shift (RLS). It also applies this same line of reasoning to the problems of maintaining the…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Basque, Code Switching (Language), Ethnic Groups
