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Language Shift

Language Shift is a sociolinguistic phenomenon denoting the process by which a speech community gradually abandons its native language in favor of another, typically due to prolonged contact, social pressure, or assimilation within a dominant linguistic culture.

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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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Language Socialization: Reproduction and Continuity, Transformation and Change

Paul Garrett, Patricia Baquedano‐López · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2002 · 744 citations

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<b>Language shift</b> : Social determinants of linguistic change in bilingual Austria. By Susan Gal. New York: Academic Press, 1979. Pp. xii, 201. $16.50.

Urs Dürmüller · Language · 1980 · 744 citations

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Language shift and cultural reproduction: socialization, self, and syncretism in a Papua New Guinean village

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 594 citations

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Language Change Across the Lifespan: /r/ in Montreal French

Gillian Sankoff, Hélène Blondeau · Language · 2007 · 484 citations · Full text

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Authors

597

  1. SK
    Sandra Kipp

    Monash University, Australia

    6 publications · 308 citations

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  2. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. JH
    Janet Holmes

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    6 publications · 293 citations

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  4. MC
    Michael Clyne

    Monash University, Australia

    5 publications · 295 citations

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  5. PC
    Paolo Coluzzi

    University of Malaya, Malaysia

    4 publications · 167 citations

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Institutions

267

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    406 citations

  2. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    612 citations

  3. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    255 citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    419 citations

  6. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    222 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    768 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    714 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 58 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 37 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Language Variation and Change

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Language in Society

    13 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    11 publications · 717 citations

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