How to lose a language in three generations: an introduction to language shift
Linguistics HQ by Dr Rebecca Mitchell
Episode notes
Why do grandchildren always seem to answer in the wrong language? Can a language lose a popularity contest? And is language shift just rebranding with better marketing? Tune into this episode to find out!
Keywords
linguisticssocial sciencecommunicationgrammarcodeswitchingsociolinguisticslanguageevolutionmultilingualismbilingualism