Publications

Publication details [#28193]

Cooper, Robert L. and Bernard Spolsky. 1991. The influence of language in culture and thought: Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman´s sixty-fifth birthday. De Gruyter Mouton. 290 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language and culture | language and thought | minority language | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Languages of the world

Annotation

This festschrift in honor of J. A. Fishman comprises articles that deal with the Whorfian hypothesis; minority languages; bilingualism; linguacentrism; the origins of the concept of mother tongue; the Hebrew language; politeness agreement in address forms; 'female' conversation; and grammatology.

Reviewed by

Kaye, Alan S. 1996. Review of $The influence of language in culture and thought: Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman´s sixty-fifth birthday.