Language Maintenance and Language Shift as a Field of Inquiry. A Definition of the Field and Suggestions for Its Further Development

Joshua A. Fishman

doi:10.1515/ling.1964.2.9.32

January 1, 1964Linguistics

Language Maintenance and Language Shift as a Field of Inquiry. A Definition of the Field and Suggestions for Its Further Development

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Define the systematic study of language maintenance and language shift as a distinct sociolinguistic discipline and outline methodologies for its empirical investigation.
Synthesizes theoretical models of habitual language use across social, cultural, and psychological domains in multilingual communities.
Proposes multi-level descriptive criteria to categorize group contact, cultural reinforcement, and institutional pressures affecting language retention.
Establishes language maintenance and shift as structured social processes rather than random linguistic changes.
Identifies domain-specific usage patterns as critical qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring community-level language persistence or replacement.

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Theoretical analysis outlines language maintenance and shift across multilingual populations, establishing systematic methods for sociolinguistic research.

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Article LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AND LANGUAGE SHIFT AS A FIELD OF INQUIRY. A DEFINITION OF THE FIELD AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT was published on January 1, 1964 in the journal Linguistics (volume 2, issue 9).

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