Bernard Spolsky (born in New Zealand in 1932; died in Israel August 20, 2022) was a
professor emeritus
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in linguistics at
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
(
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
), specializing in
sociolinguistics
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,
educational linguistics, and
applied linguistics
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.
Spolsky did his studies at
Wellington College and
Victoria University. He received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the
University of Montreal
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.
Spolsky's works are related to language testing, second language learning, computers in the humanities, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language policy.
References
Linguists from Israel
1932 births
Living people
Bar-Ilan University faculty
Sociolinguists
Université de Montréal alumni
Victoria University of Wellington alumni
Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America
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