Fishman giving a speech about the Gaelic language at the University of Aberdeen
Born
(1926-07-18)July 18, 1926
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
March 1, 2015(2015-03-01) (aged 88)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
University of Pennsylvania (B.S., M.S.)
Columbia University (Ph.D.)
Occupation
Linguist
Children
David 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.
JoshuaFishman (Yiddish: שיקל פֿישמאַן — Shikl Fishman; July 18, 1926 – March 1, 2015) was an American linguist who specialized in the sociology of language...
verging on linguistic determinism, was never advanced by either of them. JoshuaFishman argued that Whorf's true assertion was largely overlooked. In 1978,...
and implementation of ideas about language use. Some scholars such as JoshuaFishman and Ofelia García consider it as part of sociolinguistics. On the other...
on language. One of its longest and most prolific practitioners was JoshuaFishman, who was founding editor of the International Journal of the Sociology...
Fishman is the son of the linguist JoshuaFishman. His aunt was the poet Rukhl Fishman. After graduating from Yeshiva University with an AB, Fishman earned...
Language Planning: International Perspectives. Eds. Juan Cobarrubias and JoshuaFishman. New York: Mouton Publishers, 1983. Language: An Introduction, Lehmann...
observation shows that they use it constantly in ordinary conversation" JoshuaFishman expanded the definition of diglossia to include the use of unrelated...
Rukhl Fishman was born on 10 June, 1935 in Philadelphia, to Jewish activists Sonia and Aaron Fishman. Her brother was the sociolinguist JoshuaFishman. In...
Vulgar Latin as a vernacular. JoshuaFishman redefined the concept in 1964 to include everything Ferguson had excluded. Fishman allowed both different languages...
non-Brahmin faction rose to compete with them and became the Justice party. JoshuaFishman; Ofelia Garcia (2010). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity:The...
sociolinguist and Yiddish scholar JoshuaFishman suggested that he might have been the auditor at the Weinreich lecture. However, Fishman was assuming that the exchange...
earliest is GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale) proposed by JoshuaFishman in 1991. In 2011 an entire issue of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural...
there has been a minor revival of French in Vietnam. American linguist JoshuaFishman has proposed a method of reversing language shift which involves assessing...
It was established in 1974 by the eminent sociologist of language JoshuaFishman, who has served many years as editor-in-chief,. Today, the editor is...
"Efforts to vernacularize Sanskrit: Degree of success and failure". In JoshuaFishman; Ofelia Garcia (eds.). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The...
63 Matasović 2008, p. 36 Lončarić 1985, p. 282 Lončarić 1985, p. 285 JoshuaFishman; Ofelia Garcia (16 March 2011). Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity:...
Revitalization. In Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity vol. 2, edited by JoshuaFishman and Ofelia Garcia, 23-32. New York: Oxford University Press. "Mwangwego...
the first full-time yeshivas for baal teshuva students in the world; JoshuaFishman, past leader and executive Vice President of Torah Umesorah the National...
President of Bar-Ilan University Bernard Epstein Louis Feldman Steven Fine JoshuaFishman, linguist Jekuthiel Ginsburg Jason Greenblatt Paul Greengard, Nobel...
(2000). "Otomí language shift and some recent efforts to reverse it". In JoshuaFishman (ed.). Can threatened languages be saved? Reversing Language Shift,...
revitalization. One of these is provided by celebrated linguist JoshuaFishman. Fishman's model for reviving threatened (or sleeping) languages, or for...
relates to linguistic variation and to ethnic identity. According to JoshuaFishman, a sociologist of language, the processes of language standardization...
is the GIDS (Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale) proposed by JoshuaFishman in 1991. A noteworthy publishing milestone in measuring language vitality...
(born 1969) Thomas J. Stanley, writer and academic (b. 1944) March 1 JoshuaFishman, linguist (b. 1926) Orrin Keepnews, writer and record producer (b. 1923)...