Why and Wherefore

This blog is an outgrowth of a research project I am conducting for the writing of a linguistics paper for the English Department of Herzog College. The subject of the research is languages in contact, with a focus on the interference caused by Hebrew in the English speech of bilinguals who have grown up in Israel, and whose primary language is Hebrew, although they are fluent in English as well. The posts will cite data, group instances according to type, and attempt to categorize the different types of language interference. Please comment; any additional examples of these or like phenomena, or suggested explanations, will be much appreciated!