| Lemma | disuse of one language |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
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| Citazioni | [...] 'disuse' (extinction) of one or the other language. [...] One or more generations of bilingual speakers may intervene; then, at some point, there may come a generation which does not use the lower language in adult life and transmits only the upper language to its children. The lower language may survive and the upper language die out. |