Current Trends in the Secularization of Hebrew.

Kantor, Hadassa

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ERIC Number: EJ457571

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Publication Date: 1992

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Current Trends in the Secularization of Hebrew.

Kantor, Hadassa

Language in Society, v21 n4 p603-609 Dec 1992

The growing secularization of Israeli lifestyle and the increasing influence of foreign languages as manifested in the local media have given rise to new forms of language secularization. This article discusses and provides examples of the secularization of Hebrew, which has split modern Hebrew into two varieties--religious and secularized. (13 references) (LT)

Descriptors: Diglossia, Hebrew, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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