Table 6 illustrates interrole language shift between teacher and students.

Example of language shift. Old words acquiring new meanings. The most common way for a language shift to happen is through formal education in a more dominant language. Shift from L1 in all contexts to L2 in most context.

Language death occurs in unstable bilingual or multilingual speech communities as a result of language shift from regressive minority language to dominant majority language. Language shif t is a phenomenon occur ring solely in domin ated communi ties W endel. It may continue to have existence in recordedformof course-.

Their ability to use English enables them to integrate and settle in an English speaking country. For example as indigenous peoples in Central America have increasing access to education they are more likely to become fluent in Spanish. They need English both for their.

Over the last couple of countries many speakers of Irish Scottish Gaelic and Welsh for instance have shifted to England and consequently to English primarily in order to get work. When most members of a speech community value novelty for example their language will change more quickly. As an example there is a language shift among the second born Telugu immigrants in New Zealand.

This chapter contributes to such research by looking at the current language shift from majority African languages such as Sotho Xhosa and Zulu to English in South Africa. A rapid shift occurs when people are anxious to get on in a society where knowledge of the second language is a prerequisite for success. Very little is known about language shift from a demographically dominant language to a minority but economically dominant one eg Bowerman 2000.

Language shift in different communities Three scenarios will be examined. Every time an immigrant learns the native language of the new country heshe will pass it down to their children and replace the old language with a new one. Anthropological Perspective on Language Change There are many factors influencing the rate at which language changes including the attitudes of the speakers toward borrowing and change.