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Language Spread

Language spread is a linguistic phenomenon denoting the process by which a language extends its geographical reach and sociolinguistic influence through mechanisms such as migration, colonization, trade, media, or education, thereby increasing its number of speakers and functional domains beyond its original speech community.

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7.4K

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179

Authors

116

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2017–2026

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Publications

126

Phonemic Diversity Supports a Serial Founder Effect Model of Language Expansion from Africa

Quentin D. Atkinson · Science · 2011 · 493 citations

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Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

Quentin D. Atkinson, Andrew Meade, Chris Venditti et al. · Science · 2008 · 355 citations · Full text

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Social Contact and Linguistic Diffusion: Hiberno-English and New World Black English

John R. Rickford · Language · 1986 · 235 citations

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Links that speak: The global language network and its association with global fame

Shahar Ronen, Bruno Gonçalves, Kevin Hu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 220 citations · Full text

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Some patterns of linguistic diffusion

Guy Bailey, Tom Wikle, Jan Tillery et al. · Language Variation and Change · 1993 · 214 citations

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Authors

179

  1. RL
    Robert L. Cooper

    Yeshiva University, United States

    4 publications · 265 citations

    4

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  2. QD
    Quentin D. Atkinson

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    3 publications · 864 citations

    3

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  3. JA
    Joshua A. Fishman

    Yeshiva University, United States

    3 publications · 236 citations

    3

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  4. HH
    Harald Hammarström

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

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  5. AW
    Andrew W. Conrad

    Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei

    2 publications · 222 citations

    2

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Institutions

116

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    398 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    687 citations

  3. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    604 citations

  5. University of South Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    111 citations

  6. Constructor University

    Bremen, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    168 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    150 citations

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Venues

  1. Current Issues in Language Planning

    11 publications · 645 citations

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  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 7 publications · 287 citations

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  3. World Englishes

    WE · 6 publications · 242 citations

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  4. Language

    5 publications · 656 citations

    5

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  5. Science

    3 publications · 864 citations

    4

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