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Language Reversal

Language Reversal is a sociolinguistic phenomenon in which a community undergoing language shift away from a native or heritage language successfully reestablishes it as a dominant or widely used language in everyday communication, thereby reversing the trajectory of language decline.

26

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2.5K

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47

Authors

34

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2017–2026

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Variants

Reversing Language Shift

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Publications

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Reversing Language Shift: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages

James J. Kohn, Joshua A. Fishman · Modern Language Journal · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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Reversing language shift theoretical and empirical foundations of assistance to threatened languages

1991 · 217 citations

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Language Reversion Revisited

Kees de Bot, Michael Clyne · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1989 · 110 citations

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Verbalization and optional reversal shifts among kindergarten children

Tracy S. Kendler · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1964 · 76 citations

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6. EDUCATION AS A SITE OF LANGUAGE CONTACT

Colin Baker · Annual Review of Applied Linguistics · 2003 · 70 citations

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Authors

47

  1. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    2 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. BB
    Becky Brown

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  3. PC
    Pow Chee Chen

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    1 publications · 63 citations

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  4. GS
    Gillian Sankoff

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. MA
    María-José Azurmendi

    Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    110 citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  8. Universitat Rovira i Virgili

    Tarragona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. Language in Society

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  2. Australian Social Work

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

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  3. Cognitive Linguistics

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Theoretical Computer Science

    1 publications · 30 citations

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