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Speaker Communities

Speaker Communities is a sociolinguistic construct denoting a group of individuals who share and actively use an endangered language as a primary means of communication within a specific cultural and geographical context.

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173

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99

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2017–2026

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118

<b>Language and social networks</b> . By Leslie Milroy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1980. Pp. xii, 218.

John Pride · Language · 1982 · 2.5K citations

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New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity – Foreword

Bernadette O’Rourke, Joan Pujolar, Fernando Ramallo · International Journal of the Sociology of Language · 2015 · 388 citations · Full text

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A majority sound change in a minority community: /u/‐fronting in Chicano English

Carmen Fought · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 1999 · 252 citations

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Speaking For, Speaking About, Speaking With, or Speaking Alongside — An Anthropological and Documentary Dilemma

Jay Ruby · Visual Anthropology Review · 1991 · 243 citations

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Communities of practice: 
Legitimacy not choice

Bethan L. Davies · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2005 · 193 citations

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Authors

173

  1. BO
    Bernadette O’Rourke

    Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 543 citations

    3

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  2. TN
    Terry Nadasdi

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

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  3. MH
    Michael Hornsby

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

    2 publications · 155 citations

    2

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  4. TÓ
    Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin

    University of Limerick, Ireland

    2 publications · 143 citations

    2

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  5. VF
    Valerie Fridland

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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Institutions

99

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

  2. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    106 citations

  3. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    126 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. Heriot-Watt University Malaysia

    Putrajaya, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    530 citations

  6. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

    Poznan, Poland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    155 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

  8. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 13 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  2. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    6 publications · 787 citations

    6

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 151 citations

    5

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  4. Language in Society

    4 publications · 222 citations

    4

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  5. Language

    4 publications · 2.7K citations

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