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Language attrition

Language attrition is the process of decreasing proficiency in or losing a language. For first or native language attrition, this process is generally caused by both isolation from speakers of the first language ("L1") and the acquisition and use of a second language ("L2"), which interferes with the correct production and comprehension of the first.…

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Language attrition

Nodes50
Edges49
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Avg. degree1.96
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related to Bibliography · 260
Language attrition → Abrahamsson, Age Differences, Ammerlaan, Amsterdam, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, An, Anglophone, Anglophone Canada, Answers, Applied Linguistics, Aravossitas, Archived, Attrition, August, Australia, Barzilay, Ben-Rafael, Berko, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
related to Attrition in the brain · 19
Language attrition → Another, Dutch, EEG, EEGs, English, Incorrectness, Italian, L1, L2, L3, Lastly, LPC, N2, On, The, These, This, When, While
related to Grammatical attrition · 18
Language attrition → Although, English, For, Germanic, Grammatical, In, L1, L2, Notably, SVO, Sweden, Swedes, That, There, These, They, This, V2
related to Age effect · 16
Language attrition → Attriters, Attrition, Before, Children, France, French, In, Korean, Of, Research, Spanish, Swedish, Swedish-Spanish, Swedish-speaking, These, Various
related to Study · 15
Language attrition → AILA World Congress, Amsterdam, As, Bilingualism, Decades, European Second Language Association, FLA, International Symposium, L1, L2, Language Skills, Loss, Pennsylvania, The, University
related to Regression hypothesis · 13
Language attrition → Also, Anglophone Canada, As, Both, Dutch, However, In, It, Keijzer, Roman Jakobson, She, Slavic, The
related to Lexical attrition · 11
Language attrition → CLI, Cross Linguistic Interference, English, Evidence, In, L1, L1 Russian, L2, One, Pavlenko, The
related to Studies and hypotheses · 10
Language attrition → American State Department, Köpke, Lambert, Moore, Schmid, She, Such, The, They, Yoshitomi
related to Critical period hypothesis · 9
Language attrition → All, CP, Given, L1, L2, Language, Research, The, This
related to Threshold hypothesis · 9
Language attrition → In, It, Items, Jim Cummins, L1, L2, Otherwise, The, Under

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language attrition first l1 l2 second study speakers use eds acquisition schmid native loss age köpke amsterdam pp may learning

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Language attritionis aprocess of decreasing proficiency in or losing a language0.90text
Language attritionis alexicon0.90text
picture naming tasksinstance ofresearchers used tests0.80text
where they place a picture of an item in front of the participantinstance ofresearchers used tests0.80text
ask them to name itinstance ofresearchers used tests0.80text
or by measuring lexical diversity in the speaker's spontaneous speechinstance ofresearchers used tests0.80text
aphasia or dementiainstance ofboth in 'normal' processes of forgetting and in pathological conditions0.80text
Language attritionhas preventionLearning0.60section
Language attritionhas preventionMany0.60section
Language attritionhas preventionAccordingly0.60section
Language attritionhas preventionOne0.60section
Language attritionrelated to Age effectChildren0.60section

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