Language Loyalty, Continuity and Change: Joshua A. Fishman's Contributions to International Sociolinguistics

by Ofelia García, Harold F. Schiffman, Rakhmiel Peltz

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive and synoptic view of Joshua A. Fishman's contributions to sociolinguistics. Essays provide readers with the essential understandings of Fishmanian sociolinguistics and his contributions to Yiddish scholarship.It serves as a valuable summary of the sociology of language and the sociology of Yiddish.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853599026
• ISBN13: 9781853599026
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"