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Language Maintenance Policy

Language Maintenance Policy is a prescriptive framework within language-in-education policy that systematically promotes the preservation and continued use of a minority or heritage language by institutionalizing practices that support its intergenerational transmission and sociolinguistic vitality in contrast to policies favoring language shift or assimilation.

188

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10.9K

Citations

255

Authors

137

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

38

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Publications

188

<b>Life with two languages</b> : An introduction to bilingualism. By François Grosjean. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. Pp. 370. $20.00.

Robert L. Cooper · Language · 1984 · 1.2K citations

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Heritage Languages in America: Preserving a National Resource

Carmen Chaves Tesser, Joy Kreeft Peyton, Donald A. Ranard et al. · Hispania · 2003 · 737 citations

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Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants

Richard Alba, John Logan, Amy Lutz et al. · Demography · 2002 · 436 citations · Full text

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Against learning. Reclaiming a language for education in an age of learning

Gert Biesta · Nordic Studies in Education · 2004 · 302 citations · Full text

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Problems with the ‘language‐as‐resource’ discourse in the promotion of heritage languages in the U.S.A.

Thomas Ricento · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2005 · 273 citations

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Authors

255

  1. NH
    Nancy H. Hornberger

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    4 publications · 305 citations

    4

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  2. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    4 publications · 87 citations

    4

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  3. AL
    Amy Lutz

    Syracuse University, United States

    3 publications · 493 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. WL
    William L. Leap

    American University, United States

    3 publications · 39 citations

    3

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  5. JK
    Joy Kreeft Peyton

    Center for Applied Linguistics, United States

    2 publications · 769 citations

    2

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1–5 of 255

Institutions

137

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    116 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    292 citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    73 citations

  4. Center for Applied Linguistics

    Washington D.C., United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    105 citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    506 citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    133 citations

  8. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    128 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 20 publications · 890 citations

    16

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 15 publications · 912 citations

    13

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  3. 11

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  4. Current Issues in Language Planning

    10 publications · 529 citations

    10

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  5. International Multilingual Research Journal

    IMRJ · 5 publications · 223 citations

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