Ronald Shabtaev
Biographic Data
| ID | 2330951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald Shabtaev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald |
| FAMILY NAME | Shabtaev |
| SIGNATURE | SHABTAEV R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0200-6441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Culture-specific heritage language vocabulary and collective identity among three generations of Mountain Jews
Culture-specific vocabulary denotes objects that bear cultural weight and are not readily translatable or understood in other languages. The present study explores cultural items in an endangered language, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat), the traditional language of Mountain Jews (MJ) who immigrated to Israel and the United States. A set of ten items, five cultural and five neutral, served as stimuli for a picture recognition task inserted in a questionnaire …
The role of multilingual proficiency dynamics in code-switching frequency across two countries and three generations
What Could Help Preserve an Endangered Heritage Language? Observing Integration, Identities, and Language Exposure among G1.5 Immigrants
Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) is an endangered minority language spoken by Mountain Jews (MJ), a community of immigrants from the Caucasus now living in Israel and the United States. Over the past century, Juhuri has rarely been used exclusively, existing in the shadow of Russian in the former Soviet Union, or Hebrew and English in Israel and the U.S., respectively. Juhuri has survived as a traditional heritage language to a limited extent, mainly in home a…
Sitting on the fence
The Impact of Ethnic Identity on Language Attitudes
Heritage language maintenance and shift of three languages across three generations of Mountain Jews in Israel
Mountain Jewish immigrants to Israel from the Eastern Caucasus used two heritage languages, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) and Russian. Juhuri was their home and Russian the societal languages prior to migration. In Israel, Juhuri and Russian are Heritage Languages and Hebrew is the societal language. The present study reports on frequency of use and codeswitching behaviour across three generations of Mountain Jewish speakers in order to account for patterns…
The effect of language attitudes on proficiency in two heritage languages of Mountain Jews in Israel and the US
Mountain Jews (MJs), native of the eastern Caucasus, mass immigrated in the 1990s to Israel and the US. MJs brought with them two heritage languages (HLs): Russian, the language of wider communication in the former Soviet Union, and Juhuri, their traditional home language. The present study explores the effects of HL attitudes on proficiency among 146 Israeli and 138 American MJs differing in age (M = 35.42) and in education level. A questionnair…
Heritage language maintenance and shift of three languages across three generations of Mountain Jews in Israel
Mountain Jewish immigrants to Israel from the Eastern Caucasus used two heritage languages, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) and Russian. Juhuri was their home and Russian the societal languages prior to migration. In Israel, Juhuri and Russian are Heritage Languages and Hebrew is the societal language. The present study reports on frequency of use and codeswitching behaviour across three generations of Mountain Jewish speakers in order to account for patterns…
The effect of language attitudes on proficiency in two heritage languages of Mountain Jews in Israel and the US
Mountain Jews (MJs), native of the eastern Caucasus, mass immigrated in the 1990s to Israel and the US. MJs brought with them two heritage languages (HLs): Russian, the language of wider communication in the former Soviet Union, and Juhuri, their traditional home language. The present study explores the effects of HL attitudes on proficiency among 146 Israeli and 138 American MJs differing in age (M = 35.42) and in education level. A questionnair…
Culture-specific heritage language vocabulary and collective identity among three generations of Mountain Jews
Culture-specific vocabulary denotes objects that bear cultural weight and are not readily translatable or understood in other languages. The present study explores cultural items in an endangered language, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat), the traditional language of Mountain Jews (MJ) who immigrated to Israel and the United States. A set of ten items, five cultural and five neutral, served as stimuli for a picture recognition task inserted in a questionnaire …
The Impact of Ethnic Identity on Language Attitudes
Sitting on the fence
The Impact of Ethnic Identity on Language Attitudes
Heritage language maintenance and shift of three languages across three generations of Mountain Jews in Israel
Mountain Jewish immigrants to Israel from the Eastern Caucasus used two heritage languages, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) and Russian. Juhuri was their home and Russian the societal languages prior to migration. In Israel, Juhuri and Russian are Heritage Languages and Hebrew is the societal language. The present study reports on frequency of use and codeswitching behaviour across three generations of Mountain Jewish speakers in order to account for patterns…
The effect of language attitudes on proficiency in two heritage languages of Mountain Jews in Israel and the US
Mountain Jews (MJs), native of the eastern Caucasus, mass immigrated in the 1990s to Israel and the US. MJs brought with them two heritage languages (HLs): Russian, the language of wider communication in the former Soviet Union, and Juhuri, their traditional home language. The present study explores the effects of HL attitudes on proficiency among 146 Israeli and 138 American MJs differing in age (M = 35.42) and in education level. A questionnair…
The role of multilingual proficiency dynamics in code-switching frequency across two countries and three generations
What Could Help Preserve an Endangered Heritage Language? Observing Integration, Identities, and Language Exposure among G1.5 Immigrants
Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) is an endangered minority language spoken by Mountain Jews (MJ), a community of immigrants from the Caucasus now living in Israel and the United States. Over the past century, Juhuri has rarely been used exclusively, existing in the shadow of Russian in the former Soviet Union, or Hebrew and English in Israel and the U.S., respectively. Juhuri has survived as a traditional heritage language to a limited extent, mainly in home a…
Sitting on the fence
Culture-specific heritage language vocabulary and collective identity among three generations of Mountain Jews
Culture-specific vocabulary denotes objects that bear cultural weight and are not readily translatable or understood in other languages. The present study explores cultural items in an endangered language, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat), the traditional language of Mountain Jews (MJ) who immigrated to Israel and the United States. A set of ten items, five cultural and five neutral, served as stimuli for a picture recognition task inserted in a questionnaire …
Multilingual Education and Policy (7 works) · Heritage language (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Comprehension (3 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works) · Immigration (3 works)