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Joshua A. Fishman
שיקל פֿישמאַן
Fishman giving a speech about the Gaelic language at the University of Aberdeen
Born(1926-07-18)July 18, 1926
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 1, 2015(2015-03-01) (aged 88)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania (B.S., M.S.)
  • Columbia University (Ph.D.)
OccupationLinguist
ChildrenDavid Fishman, Avi Fishman

Joshua Fishman (Yiddish: שיקל פֿישמאַן — Shikl Fishman; July 18, 1926 – March 1, 2015) was an American linguist who specialized in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity.

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Joshua Fishman

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Joshua Fishman (Yiddish: שיקל פֿישמאַן — Shikl Fishman; July 18, 1926 – March 1, 2015) was an American linguist who specialized in the sociology of language...

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Linguistic relativity

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verging on linguistic determinism, was never advanced by either of them. Joshua Fishman argued that Whorf's true assertion was largely overlooked. In 1978,...

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Language policy

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and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as Joshua Fishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other...

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Sociology of language

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on language. One of its longest and most prolific practitioners was Joshua Fishman, who was founding editor of the International Journal of the Sociology...

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David Fishman

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Fishman is the son of the linguist Joshua Fishman. His aunt was the poet Rukhl Fishman. After graduating from Yeshiva University with an AB, Fishman earned...

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Language planning

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Language Planning: International Perspectives. Eds. Juan Cobarrubias and Joshua Fishman. New York: Mouton Publishers, 1983. Language: An Introduction, Lehmann...

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Diglossia

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observation shows that they use it constantly in ordinary conversation" Joshua Fishman expanded the definition of diglossia to include the use of unrelated...

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Rukhl Fishman

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Rukhl Fishman was born on 10 June, 1935 in Philadelphia, to Jewish activists Sonia and Aaron Fishman. Her brother was the sociolinguist Joshua Fishman. In...

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Vernacular

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Vulgar Latin as a vernacular. Joshua Fishman redefined the concept in 1964 to include everything Ferguson had excluded. Fishman allowed both different languages...

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Dravidian movement

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non-Brahmin faction rose to compete with them and became the Justice party. Joshua Fishman; Ofelia Garcia (2010). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity:The...

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A language is a dialect with an army and navy

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sociolinguist and Yiddish scholar Joshua Fishman suggested that he might have been the auditor at the Weinreich lecture. However, Fishman was assuming that the exchange...

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Ramat Gan

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1907–1929", Readings in the Sociology of Jewish Languages, page 123. Joshua Fishman ed, Leiden – E.J. Brill, 1985. Benjamin, Marina (June 24, 2008). Last...

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Endangered language

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earliest is GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale) proposed by Joshua Fishman in 1991. In 2011 an entire issue of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural...

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Language shift

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there has been a minor revival of French in Vietnam. American linguist Joshua Fishman has proposed a method of reversing language shift which involves assessing...

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International Journal of the Sociology of Language

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It was established in 1974 by the eminent sociologist of language Joshua Fishman, who has served many years as editor-in-chief,. Today, the editor is...

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Sanskrit

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"Efforts to vernacularize Sanskrit: Degree of success and failure". In Joshua Fishman; Ofelia Garcia (eds.). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The...

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Kajkavian

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 63 Matasović 2008, p. 36 Lončarić 1985, p. 282 Lončarić 1985, p. 285 Joshua Fishman; Ofelia Garcia (16 March 2011). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity:...

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Mwangwego script

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Revitalization. In Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity vol. 2, edited by Joshua Fishman and Ofelia Garcia, 23-32. New York: Oxford University Press. "Mwangwego...

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Yitzchak Hutner

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the first full-time yeshivas for baal teshuva students in the world; Joshua Fishman, past leader and executive Vice President of Torah Umesorah the National...

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List of Yeshiva University people

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President of Bar-Ilan University Bernard Epstein Louis Feldman Steven Fine Joshua Fishman, linguist Jekuthiel Ginsburg Jason Greenblatt Paul Greengard, Nobel...

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Otomi language

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(2000). "Otomí language shift and some recent efforts to reverse it". In Joshua Fishman (ed.). Can threatened languages be saved? Reversing Language Shift,...

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Language revitalization

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revitalization. One of these is provided by celebrated linguist Joshua Fishman. Fishman's model for reviving threatened (or sleeping) languages, or for...

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Ethnolect

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relates to linguistic variation and to ethnic identity. According to Joshua Fishman, a sociologist of language, the processes of language standardization...

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Language death

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is the GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale) proposed by Joshua Fishman in 1991. A noteworthy publishing milestone in measuring language vitality...

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2015 in the United States

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(born 1969) Thomas J. Stanley, writer and academic (b. 1944) March 1 Joshua Fishman, linguist (b. 1926) Orrin Keepnews, writer and record producer (b. 1923)...

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