August 28, 1981 • Page Image 17
…ic THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Social Benefits of Mother Tongue for Immigrants Noted by Prof. NEW YORK — Most re- cent immigrants to the United States start to learn English very rapidly. Al- most as rapidly, they begin to discontinue use of their native language, even with, each other. Within three generations, the use of a na- tive language is usually gone, and Dr. Joshua A. Fishman of Yeshiva Uni- rsity does not think that is necessarily goo...…

















































