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11. Language contraction and language shift

2011
A shift in primary language solidarity from one language towards another, via overlapping bilingualism, is probably a common process taking place in the course of life of many people in Africa (and elsewhere) today. One main cause for this phenomenon is urbanisation.
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Home language use and shift in Australia: Trends in the new millennium

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Lubei Zhang, Linda Tsung, Tsung Linda
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Language Maintenance and Shift

2013
AbstractLanguage shift is the replacement of one language by another as the primary means of communication and socialization within a community. In an effort to understand the factors that contribute to language shift and those which seem to militate against it, this chapter explores several immigrant and non-immigrant contexts around the world, with ...
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Chronotopes, language practices and language shift: an ethnographic study of the Blang community in China

International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Sixuan Wang, Aniko Hatoss
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Meanings attached to intergenerational language shift processes in the context of migrant families

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2022
Floor Verhaeghe, Piet Van Avermaet, Ilse Derluyn   +2 more
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Ainu language shift

2019
This chapter provides an overview of Ainu language research as well as preservation and revitalization initiatives from the past to the present. First, it reviews pertinent research on Ainu language shift in English, Japanese and more importantly in Ainu. It also discusses the political nature surrounding determining a concrete number of Ainu speakers,
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Tracking the demographics of (urban) language shift – an analysis of South African census data

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Ana Deumert
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Language Shift and Language Accommodation across Family Generations in Taiwan

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
Todd L Sandel
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Language shift or increased bilingualism in South Africa: evidence from census data

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Dorrit Posel, Jochen Zeller
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Being socialised into language shift: the impact of extended family members on family language policy

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Cassie Smith-Christmas
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