Joshua Fishman, Yiddishist and Linguistics Pioneer, Dies at 88

A version of this piece appeared in Yiddish here. Sociolinguist, Yiddish scholar and advocate for endangered languages Joshua (Shikl) Fishman died March 1 in New York. He leaves behind his wife of more than 60 years Gella Schweid-Fishman, three sons, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his sister, the Yiddish poet Rukhl

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Joshua A Fishman (1926-2015) The Sociology of Language and Religion (SLR)

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Joshua A Fishman (1926-2015) The Sociology of Language and Religion (SLR)

Book The Consequences of Mobility Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact Zones, PDF, Second Language Acquisition

Freguson & Fishman - Sociolinguistics and The Sociology of Language, PDF, Sociolinguistics

Spolsky (2011) Ferguson and Fishman: Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish — Restless Books

PDF) Yiddish Translation in Canada: A Litmus Test for Continuity