language shift
Linguistics
noun
The process whereby an individual or speech community moves from habitually using one language to using another, often culturally dominant, language; an instance of this.
Origin
1950s.
- house church
- houseclean
- housecleaner
- housecleaning
- house clearance
- house club
- house coal
- housecoat
- house color
- house colour
- house contents
- house conventicle
- housecraft
- house cricket
- house cusp
- house detective
- house detention
- house dinner
- house dog
- house door
- house dove
- housedress
- house duck
- house dust
- house-dust mite