语言转用/语言迁移Language Shift

一直对这个课题特别感兴趣。大概从去年9月开始就认识到有个权威名叫Joshua Fishman.
贴上他对西班牙巴斯克(Basque)的语言复苏的言论。

http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=114238

也许语言转用是语言接触的一个自然产物。不过在保护濒临消失的语言，或者是维持自己母语的生命力时，Fishman的这番话还是很重要的。" Heritage languages don't have to be minoritized. Minoritized languages have a double burden that they're minorities in the eyes of the majority and they're minorities in their own eyes. And there's very little escape. They always have the hot breath of the big brother coming down their neck. And to see one of them or two of them or several of them show signs of recovery and stabilization—It's something that American Indian languages hope for, and minority languages around the world are watching these very carefully."