Language shift thus is a form of social praxis intimately.

Example of language maintenance. Frence maintenace in Canada as well as in US due to Frence internationally contribute to the possitive attitude as an national status so it has been an international prestige. One side of the coin is a language that cannot be shifted by another language because its users constantly use it to carry out their daily affairs. Eg Chinatows in North American cities.

Language Maintenance Davis Alan and Catherine Elder. An example is the replacement of Gaelic by English in parts of Scotland. Language revival Attitude is the most important factor relevant to language revival.

A good example is the Aboriginal Kaurna language. The Greek diaspora around the world is an example of this. There two examples of language maintenance through possitive attitude highly valued as.

Most of the Greek immigrants to another country. How about language maintenance. Most African and many Asian communities would be prime examples of such communities.

However researchers use the terms in slightly different ways. The term language maintenance has had limited currency in the description of societies where multilingualism was or is the norm for communication among individuals. Clyne 200320 reminds us that what a research means by language.

Sudden death is rapid extinction of a language without an intervening period of bilingualism. Religio-societal insulationisolation withdrawal from the world. Baker and Jones 2008 have defined language maintenance as the promotion or protection of the native language of an individual or of a speech community.