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Community Language Shift

Community Language Shift is a sociolinguistic phenomenon denoting the process by which a speech community gradually abandons its native or heritage language in favor of another language, typically due to sociopolitical, economic, or cultural pressures.

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11.1K

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295

Authors

151

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2017–2026

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Publications

217

Language shift and cultural reproduction: socialization, self, and syncretism in a Papua New Guinean village

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 594 citations

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Peasant men can't get wives: language change and sex roles in a bilingual community

Susan Gál · Language in Society · 1978 · 435 citations

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Language shift and the family: Questions from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora<sup>1</sup>

Suresh Canagarajah · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2008 · 278 citations

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Medium request: Talking language shift into being

Joseph Gafaranga · Language in Society · 2010 · 257 citations · Full text

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Respecting the Language of Elders: Ideological Shift and Linguistic Discontinuity in a Northern Athapascan Community

Barbra A. Meek · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · 2007 · 212 citations

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Authors

295

  1. SK
    Sandra Kipp

    Monash University, Australia

    5 publications · 175 citations

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  2. MC
    Michael Clyne

    Monash University, Australia

    4 publications · 162 citations

    4

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  3. JH
    Janet Holmes

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    3 publications · 150 citations

    3

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  4. MK
    Maya Khemlani David

    University of Malaya, Malaysia

    3 publications · 79 citations

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  5. LW
    Leisy Wyman

    University of Arizona, United States

    3 publications · 145 citations

    3

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Institutions

151

  1. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    450 citations

  2. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    183 citations

  3. University of Malaya

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    173 citations

  4. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    353 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    145 citations

  7. University of Botswana

    Gaborone, Botswana

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    176 citations

  8. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 31 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 26 publications · 893 citations

    19

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  3. Language in Society

    12 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    6 publications · 557 citations

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