A behavioural model of minority language shift: Theory and empirical evidence.

Natural languages with their speech communities tend to compete for speakers, very much like firms compete for market shares. As a result, some languages suffer a shifting pressure which might lead them to their extinction. This work studies the dynamics of language shift in the context of modern bi...

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Main Authors: José Ramón Uriarte, Stefan Sperlich
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/66d70d45d783497a9b20e8132f0934b8
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