Joshua Fishman

Joshua Aaron Fishman (Yiddish: שיקל פֿישמאַן — Shikl Fishman;Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2012). "Introduction to the Joshua A. Fishman comprehensive bibliography", International Journal of the Sociology of Language (Int’l. J. Soc. Lang.) 213: 149-152. July 18, 1926 – March 1, 2015)Joshua Fishman (1926-2015) was an American linguist. He specialized in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity.

Fishman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in The Bronx, New York, aged 88.

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Category:1926 births
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Category:Educators from Philadelphia