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Author: Bernard Spolsky (Professor of English, Professor of English, Bar-Ilan University) ,
Robert L. Cooper (Professor, School of Education and Department of Sociology, Professor, School of Education and Department of Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.434kg
ISBN: 9780198239086
ISBN 10: 0198239084
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 26 September 1991
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Spolsky and Cooper weave a rich brocade ... this is a well written and engaging book. The historical chapters are richly written; the reports of modern studies are serviceably written without overreliance on jargon. The book is carefully produced ... the authors have skillfully woven together the numerous interesting themes they have chosen into a handsome volume that I highly recommend.' Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York and Emerson College 'The authors' imaginative and wide-ranging probe demonstrates how acute a profile of a society the sociolinguist can supply.' Lewis Glinert, Bulletin of the SOAS 'providing a wealth of valuable and, at times, fascinating information ... most engaging and interesting book' Journal of Semitic Studies 'Spolsky and Cooper's volume is ... the first monograph to deal with this topic ... The authors' imaginative and wide-ranging probe demonstrates how acute a profile of a society the sociolinguist can supply.' SOAS This valuable sociolinguistic study of the linguistic opulence of contemporary Jerusalem, and of the historical background of languages used in Jerusalem throughout the ages, will be of interest not only to linguists but to scholars working in many other disciplines ... The book is written in a clear, concise, and jargon-free style ... a model of clarity and concision ... major work of thorough, subtle, and important scholarship ... Oxford University Press is to be congratulated for bringing out such a fine book ... The Languages of Jerusalem is sure to win a wide readership. Anthropologica
This valuable sociolinguistic study of the linguistic opulence of contemporary Jerusalem, and of the historical background of languages used in Jerusalem throughout the ages, will be of interest not only to linguists but to scholars working in many other disciplines ... The book is written in a clear, concise, and jargon-free style ... a model of clarity and concision ... major work of thorough, subtle, and important scholarship ... Oxford University Press is to be congratulated for bringing out such a fine book ... The Languages of Jerusalem is sure to win a wide readership. * Anthropologica * `Spolsky and Cooper's volume is ... the first monograph to deal with this topic ... The authors' imaginative and wide-ranging probe demonstrates how acute a profile of a society the sociolinguist can supply.' SOAS `providing a wealth of valuable and, at times, fascinating information ... most engaging and interesting book' Journal of Semitic Studies 'The authors' imaginative and wide-ranging probe demonstrates how acute a profile of a society the sociolinguist can supply.' Lewis Glinert, Bulletin of the SOAS 'Spolsky and Cooper weave a rich brocade ... this is a well written and engaging book. The historical chapters are richly written; the reports of modern studies are serviceably written without overreliance on jargon. The book is carefully produced ... the authors have skillfully woven together the numerous interesting themes they have chosen into a handsome volume that I highly recommend.' Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York and Emerson College
