The Languages of Jerusalem

by Bernard Spolsky and Robert L. Cooper

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.