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Language Loyalty

Language Loyalty is a sociolinguistic construct that denotes the degree of allegiance or commitment speakers exhibit toward maintaining and using a particular language, especially in the face of external pressures favoring language shift, thereby reflecting their affective and behavioral investment in preserving linguistic heritage within a given speech community.

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Language Loyalty in the United States.

John Useem, Joshua A. Fishman · American Sociological Review · 1967 · 548 citations

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Language Loyalty in the United States: The Maintenance and Perpetuation of Non-English Mother Tongues by American Ethnic and Religious Groups

Moses Rischin, Joshua A. Fishman · The American Historical Review · 1967 · 396 citations

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Displacing the ‘native speaker’: expertise, affiliation, and inheritance

M. B. H. Rampton · ELT Journal · 1990 · 365 citations

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Language Loyalty in the United States

Paul Wexler, Joshua A. Fishman · Modern Language Journal · 1968 · 110 citations

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Vernacular language loyalty and social network

Lesley Milroy, Sue Margrain · Language in Society · 1980 · 100 citations

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Authors

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  1. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. UM
    Umar Mansyur

    Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Indonesia

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. MB
    M. B. H. Rampton

    University of London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 365 citations

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  4. FN
    Finex Ndhlovu

    University of New England, Australia

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. EB
    Ellen B. Basso

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. E Ink (South Korea)

    Seoul, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    365 citations

  2. National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

    Managua, Nicaragua

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  3. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  8. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

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Venues

  1. Language in Society

    3 publications · 196 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 3 publications · 67 citations

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  3. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 3 publications · 59 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 38 citations

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  5. Australian Journal of Linguistics

    1 publications · 17 citations

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