Bilingual Language Contact between Arabic and Hebrew in Israel through Cognitive Dominance theory.

Fewer studies have been so far conducted on language contact situation in Israel. This paper can contribute to this study. I give my analysis from the integrated approach to language contact on the basis of cognitive dominance. This theoretical framework was proposed by van Coetsem (1988) (2000). Using the data from Arabic-dominant speakers in Israel, I have raised two research topics : morpho-syntactic phenomenon in grammatical agreement and loan translation on L2 higher proficiency. Through the analysis of the outcomes produced through language contact on these topics I have tried to clarify the process, that is, the mechanism of language contact which produces those outcomes. During my analysis through van Coetsem's theory I have found some exceptions contrary to his theory. Through my analysis of the process and outcome I aim to elaborate on his unified theoretical framework for the analysis of language contact and contact-induced language change. I assert that the cognitive dominance for the speakers is essential to understanding the process in every kind of language contact situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]