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Ravindranath, Maya – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Language shift is the process by which a speech community in a contact situation (i.e. consisting of bilingual speakers) gradually stops using one of its two languages in favor of the other. The causal factors of language shift are generally considered to be social, and researchers have focused on speakers' attitudes (both explicit and unstated)…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Language Attitudes