Joseph Shimron
Biographic Data
| ID | 997013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Shimron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Shimron |
| SIGNATURE | SHIMRON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Weak and strong novice readers of english as a foreign language
Co-occurrence restrictions on identical consonants in the Hebrew lexicon
It is well known that Semitic languages restrict the co-occurrence of identical and homorganic consonants in the root. The IDENTITY HYPOTHESIS attributes this pattern to distinct constraints on identical and nonidentical homorganic consonants (e.g. McCarthy 1986, 1994). Conversely, the SIMILARITY HYPOTHESIS captures these restrictions in terms of a single monotonic ban on perceived similarity (Pierrehumbert 1993; Frisch, Broe & Pierrehumbert 1997…
The Nature of Regularity and Irregularity
Entrepreneurial Education Makes Its Debut in Israel
The introduction of entrepreneurial education (EE) in the Israeli education system is discussed in this article as an example of the introduction of new curriculum. We argue that this introduction should be construed as a consequence of major ideological changes in Israel and its education system, a change from collectivist to individualistic values. We open with an analysis of a Ministry of Education publication that introduces the EE program an…
Typicality shift in semantic categories as a result of cultural transition
This article examines changes in the internal structure of semantic categories as a result of cultural transition. Assuming that the typicality of the members of a semantic category determines the category's internal structure, this work investigates typicality shifts in semantic categories of Jewish Argentine immigrants in Israel. To assess a possible shift toward the host (destination) culture, typicality ratings of the items were measured in t…
Reading Proficiency and Orthography Evidence from Hebrew and English
We conducted two experiments to test whether the orthography of readers’ first or second languages affects their reading time and comprehension in each. In both experiments, very skilled bilinguals read texts translated from Hebrew to English, or from English to Hebrew. Half the texts were originally written in Hebrew and the other half in English. In the first experiment, 24 native Hebrew speakers read two passages of four texts in the Hebrew ve…
The role of vowels in reading
The role of vowels in reading
In focusing on English and Hebrew writing systems, I suggest that writing systems could function without vowels, but once introduced the vowels are useful for (a) disambiguating homophones and homographs, (b) marking the pronunciation of other phonemes that may be pronounced in various manners, (c) facilitating the parsing of sublexical elements, and (d) signifying phonological information. Relating the studies reviewed to a new approach in word-…
Semantic development and communicative skills in different social classes∗
Lower‐class school children were found to be less effective in referential communications than middle‐class children. The attempt of this study was to explain this gap as a matter of linguistic development. Two hundred and six pairs of lower‐ and middle‐class children from kindergarten, second, and sixth grades were tested in the area of referential communication, using a large variety of communication tasks. Social class and age differences were…
The Dependence on Graphemes and on Their Translation to Phonemes in Reading
THIS STUDY COMPARED CHILDREN and adult readers in the degree to which they are able to avoid grapheme-to-phoneme translation; in how much they benefit from redundant phonemic information; and in the degree to which they are disturbed by minor changes in graphemes which are still phonemically appropriate. Hebrew readers begin reading instruction with words in which vocalic information is transmitted by vowel signs written below and above the lette…
Reading Proficiency and Orthography Evidence from Hebrew and English
We conducted two experiments to test whether the orthography of readers’ first or second languages affects their reading time and comprehension in each. In both experiments, very skilled bilinguals read texts translated from Hebrew to English, or from English to Hebrew. Half the texts were originally written in Hebrew and the other half in English. In the first experiment, 24 native Hebrew speakers read two passages of four texts in the Hebrew ve…
The Nature of Regularity and Irregularity
Co-occurrence restrictions on identical consonants in the Hebrew lexicon
It is well known that Semitic languages restrict the co-occurrence of identical and homorganic consonants in the root. The IDENTITY HYPOTHESIS attributes this pattern to distinct constraints on identical and nonidentical homorganic consonants (e.g. McCarthy 1986, 1994). Conversely, the SIMILARITY HYPOTHESIS captures these restrictions in terms of a single monotonic ban on perceived similarity (Pierrehumbert 1993; Frisch, Broe & Pierrehumbert 1997…
Typicality shift in semantic categories as a result of cultural transition
This article examines changes in the internal structure of semantic categories as a result of cultural transition. Assuming that the typicality of the members of a semantic category determines the category's internal structure, this work investigates typicality shifts in semantic categories of Jewish Argentine immigrants in Israel. To assess a possible shift toward the host (destination) culture, typicality ratings of the items were measured in t…
The Dependence on Graphemes and on Their Translation to Phonemes in Reading
THIS STUDY COMPARED CHILDREN and adult readers in the degree to which they are able to avoid grapheme-to-phoneme translation; in how much they benefit from redundant phonemic information; and in the degree to which they are disturbed by minor changes in graphemes which are still phonemically appropriate. Hebrew readers begin reading instruction with words in which vocalic information is transmitted by vowel signs written below and above the lette…
The Dependence on Graphemes and on Their Translation to Phonemes in Reading
THIS STUDY COMPARED CHILDREN and adult readers in the degree to which they are able to avoid grapheme-to-phoneme translation; in how much they benefit from redundant phonemic information; and in the degree to which they are disturbed by minor changes in graphemes which are still phonemically appropriate. Hebrew readers begin reading instruction with words in which vocalic information is transmitted by vowel signs written below and above the lette…
Semantic development and communicative skills in different social classes∗
Lower‐class school children were found to be less effective in referential communications than middle‐class children. The attempt of this study was to explain this gap as a matter of linguistic development. Two hundred and six pairs of lower‐ and middle‐class children from kindergarten, second, and sixth grades were tested in the area of referential communication, using a large variety of communication tasks. Social class and age differences were…
The role of vowels in reading
The role of vowels in reading
In focusing on English and Hebrew writing systems, I suggest that writing systems could function without vowels, but once introduced the vowels are useful for (a) disambiguating homophones and homographs, (b) marking the pronunciation of other phonemes that may be pronounced in various manners, (c) facilitating the parsing of sublexical elements, and (d) signifying phonological information. Relating the studies reviewed to a new approach in word-…
Reading Proficiency and Orthography Evidence from Hebrew and English
We conducted two experiments to test whether the orthography of readers’ first or second languages affects their reading time and comprehension in each. In both experiments, very skilled bilinguals read texts translated from Hebrew to English, or from English to Hebrew. Half the texts were originally written in Hebrew and the other half in English. In the first experiment, 24 native Hebrew speakers read two passages of four texts in the Hebrew ve…
Typicality shift in semantic categories as a result of cultural transition
This article examines changes in the internal structure of semantic categories as a result of cultural transition. Assuming that the typicality of the members of a semantic category determines the category's internal structure, this work investigates typicality shifts in semantic categories of Jewish Argentine immigrants in Israel. To assess a possible shift toward the host (destination) culture, typicality ratings of the items were measured in t…
Entrepreneurial Education Makes Its Debut in Israel
The introduction of entrepreneurial education (EE) in the Israeli education system is discussed in this article as an example of the introduction of new curriculum. We argue that this introduction should be construed as a consequence of major ideological changes in Israel and its education system, a change from collectivist to individualistic values. We open with an analysis of a Ministry of Education publication that introduces the EE program an…
The Nature of Regularity and Irregularity
Co-occurrence restrictions on identical consonants in the Hebrew lexicon
It is well known that Semitic languages restrict the co-occurrence of identical and homorganic consonants in the root. The IDENTITY HYPOTHESIS attributes this pattern to distinct constraints on identical and nonidentical homorganic consonants (e.g. McCarthy 1986, 1994). Conversely, the SIMILARITY HYPOTHESIS captures these restrictions in terms of a single monotonic ban on perceived similarity (Pierrehumbert 1993; Frisch, Broe & Pierrehumbert 1997…
Weak and strong novice readers of english as a foreign language
Linguistics (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Hebrew (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (6 works) · Reading (process) (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)