Arabic-Language Maintenance Efforts in the United States.

Sawaie, Mohammed; Fishman, Joshua A.

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ERIC Number: EJ320588

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Arabic-Language Maintenance Efforts in the United States.

Sawaie, Mohammed; Fishman, Joshua A.

Journal of Ethnic Studies, v13 n2 p33-49 Sum 1985

Describes the use of Arabic in the news media, worship places, and schools of Arabic-speaking immigrants to the United States in the early 1900s and in the 1980s. Predicts that Arabic usage among 1980s immigrants will follow a pattern, noted among early immigrants, in which Arabic usage gradually diminishes. (KH)

Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Immigrants, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Language Usage, North Americans

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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