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This text is a comprehensive treatment of the languages of Israel - of the practice and of the ideology. Against the background of the theory of language policy set out in the opening, it asks about the extent to which the present linguistic pattern may be attributed to explicit language planning activities. The chapters give balanced analyses of the history and current status of the revitalized national language Hebrew, of the second official language Arabic, of the all-pervasive international language English, of the large number of immigrant languages brought to Israel, and in particular of the fate of the many Jewish languages. This is all tied together with a reasoned account of the new language education policy, and a consideration of the likelihood that the long hegemony of Hebrew is giving way to an evolving acceptance of linguistic diversity.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Sociolinguistics

• Full title: Languages of Israel
• Subtitle: Policy, Ideology and Practice
• Author: Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9781853594519
• ID: 05112595
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
• Weight: 462 g
• Dimensions: 153 × 229 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. October 1999

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