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Language shift

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.

"Creoles, which involve a language shift, are found in communities where a pidgin language had served as a lingua franca."

Synonyms

language transfer language replacement language assimilation semantic shift code-switching loanshift substrate relexification babelization third language acquisition modification macroacquisition

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