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Language Obsolescence

Language Obsolescence is a sociolinguistic phenomenon denoting the stage in which a language ceases to be used for intergenerational communication and functional domains, thereby losing its role as a primary means of socialization and cultural transmission within a speech community.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages

Sonia MacPherson, Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine · TESOL Quarterly · 2001 · 755 citations

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<b>Language change</b> : Progress or decay? By Jean Aitchison. Douglas, Isle of Man: Fontana, 1981. Pp. 266. £ 2.95.

Philip Baldi · Language · 1983 · 465 citations

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When languages die: the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge

K. David Harrison · Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 420 citations

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Vanishing voices: the extinction of the world's languages

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 247 citations

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<b>Investigating obsolescence</b> : Studies in language contraction and death. Edited by Nancy C. Dorian Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xiv, 445. Cloth $59.50.

Richard Hudson · Language · 1990 · 198 citations

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Authors

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  1. PT
    Peter Trudgill

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    2 publications · 150 citations

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  2. NC
    Nancy C. Dorian

    Bryn Mawr College, United States

    2 publications · 210 citations

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  3. TA
    Tajudeen Afolabi Alebiosu

    University of Lagos, Nigeria

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. AA
    Azhar Ahmad

    University of the Punjab, Pakistan

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. SY
    Siluo Yang

    Wuhan University, China

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  2. HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control

    Budapest, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    194 citations

  3. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  4. Rufus Giwa Polytechnic

    Owo, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    120 citations

  6. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Lagos

    Lagos, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. Anhui Agricultural University

    Hefei, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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  1. Language

    5 publications · 997 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 695 citations

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  3. International Journal of American Linguistics

    3 publications · 186 citations

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  4. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 3 publications · 104 citations

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  5. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 2 publications · 25 citations

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