Publications

Publication details [#53860]

Yitzhaki, Dafna. 2010. The discourse of Arabic language policies in Israel: insights from focus groups. Language Policy 9 (4) : 335–356.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | language attitude | language policy | language use | minority

Language as a subject

Arabic

Place, Publisher

Kluwer

Annotation

According to focus group sessions, involving both Jewish and Arab Israëli students, indigenousness and functionality are two powerful constructs for uncovering a complex, underlying mechanism that (de)legitimizes Arabic language policies in the current Israeli language policy context.