Language policy and choice in Israeli kibbutzim

Recent studies highlight the critical role of Language Policy (LP) in shaping language behavior, choice, and identity within speech communities; however, its relationship with language choice, especially in unique sociolinguistic contexts, requires further exploration. Building on the framework of Spolsky’s (2003) LP model and Shohamy’s (in: Sustaining linguistic diversity: endangered and minority languages and language varieties, Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2008) work on the