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Language Shift Reversal

Language Shift Reversal is a sociolinguistic phenomenon in which a community in the process of abandoning a minority language ceases language shift and recommits to intergenerational transmission and active use of the endangered language.

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67

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40

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2017–2026

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Variants

Reversing Language Shift

Parents

Publications

52

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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<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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Medium request: Talking language shift into being

Joseph Gafaranga · Language in Society · 2010 · 257 citations · Full text

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Language Shift in the United States

Timothy C. Frazer, Calvin Veltman · Language · 1985 · 219 citations

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

1991 · 217 citations

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Authors

67

  1. JG
    Joseph Gafaranga

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 300 citations

    3

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  2. CV
    Calvin Veltman

    Université du Québec, Canada

    3 publications · 327 citations

    3

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  3. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    3 publications · 1.7K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. BM
    Busani Maseko

    Lupane State University, Zimbabwe

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

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  5. TJ
    Timothy J. Curry

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

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Institutions

40

  1. Lupane State University

    Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    111 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    128 citations

  4. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    289 citations

  5. Yeshiva University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    171 citations

  6. University of the Highlands and Islands

    Inverness, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  7. Barnard College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

  8. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. International Migration Review

    IMR · 4 publications · 160 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 5 publications · 190 citations

    4

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  3. Language in Society

    3 publications · 434 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Pragmatics

    2 publications · 238 citations

    2

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  5. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania)

    Repository · 2 publications · 75 citations

    2

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