The Languages of Jerusalem
(Part of the Oxford Studies in Language Contact Series)
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The Old City of Jerusalem, small and densely populated, is a complex microcosm of Israeli society. It is a multilingual community characterized by unequal power relations between the speakers of the two official languages of Israel - Arabs and Jews. The authors begin with a sociolinguistic sketch of the Old City in the present day. They then provide a historical background to their field study, discussing Jewish multilingualism from the period of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198239084
ISBN13:9780198239086
Release Date:November 1991
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:184 Pages
Weight:96.00 lbs.
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