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Publication details [#25995]

Spolsky, Bernard and Robert L. Cooper. 1991. The languages of Jerusalem. Clarendon. xiv+166 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language policy | language use

Language as a subject

Arabic | Hebrew

Annotation

This volume sets out to describe the knowledge and use of various languages in Jerusalem as well as the underlying forces regulating the situation, but silences Arabic, except for a short section on the knowledge of Arabic among the Jewish population.

Reviewed by

Besserman, Lawrence. 1995. Review of $The languages of Jerusalem.

Lefkowitz, Daniel. 1993. Review of $The languages of Jerusalem.