| Lemma | shift of language |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
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| Citazioni | Some people entirely give up the use of their native language in favour of a foreign one. This happens frequently among immigrants in the United States [...] people of this kind understand their native language when they chance to hear it spoken, but can no longer speak it freely or even intelligibly. |