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Language Diffusion

Language Diffusion is a geographic and sociolinguistic process denoting the spread of linguistic elements, structures, or languages across space and time through human migration, interaction, and communication, distinguishing it from related phenomena by its focus on the spatial dissemination and adoption of language within and between populations.

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2017–2026

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88

The economics of linguistic exchanges

Pierre Bourdıeu · Social Science Information · 1977 · 2K citations

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Diffusion of Lexical Change in Social Media

Jacob Eisenstein, Brendan O’Connor, Noah A. Smith et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 247 citations · Full text

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Social Contact and Linguistic Diffusion: Hiberno-English and New World Black English

John R. Rickford · Language · 1986 · 235 citations

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Some patterns of linguistic diffusion

Guy Bailey, Tom Wikle, Jan Tillery et al. · Language Variation and Change · 1993 · 214 citations

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Language Contact and Language Change

J G Heath · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1984 · 186 citations

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Authors

173

  1. RL
    Robert L. Cooper

    Yeshiva University, United States

    3 publications · 250 citations

    3

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  2. EP
    Eric P. Xing

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  3. JE
    Jacob Eisenstein

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 283 citations

    2

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  4. GB
    Guy Bailey

    Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City, United States

    2 publications · 227 citations

    2

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  5. BO
    Brendan O’Connor

    Dublin City University, Ireland

    2 publications · 283 citations

    2

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1–5 of 173

Institutions

92

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    184 citations

  5. Universitat de Girona

    Girona, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    74 citations

  8. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    185 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    7 publications · 707 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 5 publications · 260 citations

    5

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  3. World Englishes

    WE · 3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 203 citations

    3

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  5. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 296 citations

    3

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