Joshua Fishman
Joshua Fishman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of the sociology of language and scholar of bilingualism and language planning.
1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 2015, The Bronx, New York, United States
United States
Joshua Fishman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Founder of the sociology of language and scholar of bilingualism and language planning.
Fishman was the founder of the sociology of language, whose studies of bilingualism, language planning and 'reversing language shift' created a field for understanding how communities maintain or lose their languages. He was among the most influential scholars of minority and endangered languages. A deeply committed Jew and Yiddishist, he championed the Yiddish language and wrote extensively in it.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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Founder of the sociology of language and scholar of bilingualism and language planning.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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