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Date: 13-Feb-2007
From: Avital Feuer < avital_feuer at edu.yorku.ca >
Subject: Who Does This Language Belong To? Language Claim and Identity Formation in the Hebrew Langauge Class 

	
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:26:40
From: Avital Feuer < avital_feuer at edu.yorku.ca >
Subject:  Who Does This Language Belong To? Language Claim and Identity Formation in the Hebrew Langauge Class 
 


Institution: York University 
Program: Education 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2007 

Author: Avital Feuer

Dissertation Title: Who Does This Language Belong To? Language Claim and
Identity Formation in the Hebrew Langauge Class 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Hebrew (heb)


Dissertation Director(s):
Heather Lotherington

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation uses a dialogic sociolinguistic theory (Johnson, 2004)
interwoven with the author's personal perspective to explore the
relationship between language and ethnic identity in an advanced university
Hebrew language classroom in Canada. The study examines three key questions
that relate to this topic: 1. What unique framework of ethnic identity did
students and teachers of Hebrew construct for themselves? 2. What was the
place of Hebrew in participants' ethnic identities? 3. How did
participants' ethnic identity frameworks affect classroom dynamics? Using a
qualitative methodology composed of participant observation, a
semi-structured focus group interview, and in-depth, semi-structured,
individual interviews analyzed using the constant comparison method, 11
students and the course professor expressed their views on these questions.
The paper concludes with a discussion of the emerged themes of ethnic
sub-group convergence and divergence, language claiming among opposing
sub-groups, and the positioning of these phenomena within the historical
narrative of the Jewish people. 




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