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Language Dominance Shift

Language Dominance Shift is a theoretical construct in sociolinguistics that denotes a dynamic process wherein one language supplants another as the primary medium of communication within a bilingual or multilingual individual or community, distinguished by systemic changes in proficiency, usage frequency, and sociocultural valuation.

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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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Planum temporale asymmetry and language dominance

Anne L. Foundas, Christiana M. Leonard, Robin L. Gilmore et al. · Neuropsychologia · 1994 · 207 citations

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Language lateralization by f<scp>MRI</scp>and Wada testing in 229 patients with epilepsy: Rates and predictors of discordance

Julie K. Janecek, Sara J. Swanson, David S. Sabsevitz et al. · Epilepsia · 2013 · 180 citations · Full text

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Functional Language Shift to the Right Hemisphere in Patients with Language-Eloquent Brain Tumors

Sandro M. Krieg, Nico Sollmann, Theresa Hauck et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 111 citations · Full text

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<b>Languages in competition:</b> Dominance, diversity, and decline. By Ronald Wardhaugh. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. Pp. viii, 280. Cloth $45.00, paper $16.95.

Becky Brown · Language · 1990 · 108 citations

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Authors

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  1. CE
    Christian E. Elger

    University of Bonn, Germany

    5 publications · 194 citations

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    Christoph Helmstaedter

    University of Bonn, Germany

    4 publications · 167 citations

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  3. MK
    Martin Kurthen

    University of Bonn, Germany

    3 publications · 117 citations

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  4. MB
    Marc Brysbaert

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 75 citations

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  5. TH
    Tamar H. Gollan

    University of California San Diego, United States

    3 publications · 181 citations

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Institutions

114

  1. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    4 h-index

    21 publications

    773 citations

  2. University Hospital Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    381 citations

  3. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    164 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    423 citations

  5. University of Münster

    Münster, Germany

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    380 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    181 citations

  7. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    183 citations

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Venues

  1. Neuropsychologia

    5 publications · 303 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 5 publications · 106 citations

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  3. Epilepsia

    3 publications · 280 citations

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  4. Epilepsy & Behavior

    EB · 3 publications · 127 citations

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  5. Language Learning

    2 publications · 71 citations

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