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Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
Advocates more scholarly attention to language planning processes in Israel. (PM)
Descriptors: Dialects, Hebrew, Language Planning, Language Research
Peer reviewedKornblueth, Ilana; Aynor, Sarah – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
Investigates the following as possibly related to the longevity of slang items in Hebrew: the language of origin, the category of content, structural characteristics and the background characteristics of the users. (PM)
Descriptors: Hebrew, Language Planning, Language Research, Language Usage
Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – Language Sciences, 1976
The revival, spread, and modernization of Hebrew, the maintenance of other languages, and variation within modern Hebrew are discussed. Courses in sociolinguistics are described, followed by a bibliography of sociolinguistics in Israel. (RM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cultural Influences, Hebrew, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAlloni-Fainberg, Yafa – Linguistics, 1974
Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1; and "Advances in Language Planning," The Hague, Mouton, 1973. (DD)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Dictionaries, Hebrew, Language Planning
Download full textFellman, Jack – Language Planning Newsletter, 1976
This article discusses language planning in Israel, and specifically the activities of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. Its development from the original Hebrew Language Council is traced, as well as its membership which is made up of leading Hebrew scholars and writers. The aims of the Academy were basically three: (1) to assemble and carry…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Hebrew, Institutions
Peer reviewedOlshtain, Elite – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
Reports on studies focusing on individual attrition of English as a Second Language in an environment where Hebrew is the dominant language. Age, sociolinguistic features, input variables, and linguistic variables are discussed as well as major trends of change in language use that identify a limited reversal of the acquisition process. 29…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Culture Contact, English (Second Language)
Greenman, Joseph G. – 1972
This paper provides a sociolinguistic discussion of the language situation in Israel, based on relevant linguistic and Hebraic literature and on the author's two year visit to the area. The author discusses the background and use of the many different languages spoken in the country; the function of each language is described. Characteristics of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Attitudes, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Peer reviewedOlshtain, Elite; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Reports on a multivariate study that examined the contribution of two independent variables--cognitive/academic proficiency in first language and attitudes and motivation toward English as a foreign language--on success in English as a foreign language in culturally different learners. (27 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
