Language shift

Language shift, also known as language transfer or language replacement or language assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language, usually over an extended period of time. Often, languages that are perceived to be higher-status stabilise or spread at the expense of other languages that are perceived by their own speakers to be lower-status. An example is the shift from Gaulish to Latin during the time of the Roman Empire.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Kandler, Anne; Steele, James (2017-05-09). "Modeling language shift". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (19): 4851–4853. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.4851K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1703509114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5441700. PMID 28428340.
^ Grenoble, Lenore A. (2021-03-25). "Language Shift". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.347. ISBN 978-0-19-938465-5. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
^ Gal, Susan (2008-07-14). "Language shift". Kontaktlinguistik. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 586–593. doi:10.1515/9783110132649.1.6.586. ISBN 978-3-11-019405-0.

[1] Kandler, Anne; Steele, James (2017-05-09). "Modeling language shift". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (19): 4851–4853. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.4851K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1703509114. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5441700. PMID 28428340.

[2] Grenoble, Lenore A. (2021-03-25). "Language Shift". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.347. ISBN 978-0-19-938465-5. Retrieved 2022-06-06.

[3] Gal, Susan (2008-07-14). "Language shift". Kontaktlinguistik. De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 586–593. doi:10.1515/9783110132649.1.6.586. ISBN 978-3-11-019405-0.

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