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Heritage Language Shift

Heritage Language Shift is a sociolinguistic phenomenon denoting the gradual replacement of a heritage language by a dominant societal language within diasporic communities, characterized by intergenerational decline in the use, proficiency, and transmission of the ancestral language.

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2017–2026

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Publications

58

Toward a Definition of Heritage Language: Sociopolitical and Pedagogical Considerations

Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl · Journal of Language Identity & Education · 2003 · 363 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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Language Ideologies and Heritage Language Education

Kendall A. King · International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism · 2000 · 198 citations

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Resisting and Reversing Language Shift: Heritage-Language Resilience among U.S. Native Biliterates

Lucy Tse · Harvard Educational Review · 2001 · 158 citations

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Developing in two languages: Korean children in America

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 136 citations

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Authors

88

  1. JF
    Joan F. Chevalier

    Brandeis University, United States

    2 publications · 199 citations

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  2. SM
    Silvina Montrul

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  3. MT
    Michael T. Putnam

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. JB
    Joshua Bousquette

    University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  5. TW
    Teresa Wai See Ong

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    2 publications · 37 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    364 citations

  2. Brandeis University

    Waltham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    199 citations

  3. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    81 citations

  4. University of Malaya

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    344 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  7. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    255 citations

  8. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    159 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 8 publications · 159 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 7 publications · 154 citations

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  3. Heritage Language Journal

    3 publications · 214 citations

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  4. Journal of Language Identity & Education

    JLIE · 2 publications · 451 citations

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  5. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 2 publications · 46 citations

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