First Language Attrition

Herbert W. Seliger

ISBN 10: 0521348838 / ISBN 13: 9780521348836

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - First language attrition examines linguistic aspects of the attrition or loss of first language abilities in bilinguals through a collection of studies in various language groups. The phenomena of attrition are examined at both the individual bilingual and societal levels.This volume is divided into three sections: Part I surveys different aspects of existing empirical evidence to arrive at theoretical generalizations about language attrition. Part II is comprised of group studies examining attrition in societal bilingualism or in groups of bilingual individuals. Part III contains individual case studies of bilingual children and adults.The research reported in this text investigates first language attrition in a variety of linguistic areas, comprising syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and lexicon, with the following first languages: Spanish, German, Hebrew, Dyirbal, English, Breton, Dutch, Hungarian, Russian, French, and Pennsylvania German.Although there is growing interest in bilingualism, this is the first work to examine the effects of the acquisition of a second language on linguistic abilities in the first language.

Codice articolo 9780521348836

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• Titolo: First Language Attrition
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521348838
• ISBN 13: 9780521348836
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 17 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 17 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 459 grammi

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Riassunto

Examines linguistic aspects of the attrition or loss of first language abilities in bilinguals.

Recensione

"Quite generally, the methodological richness of the studies collected in this volume should be of value to all students of attrition who come after...The scope of the volume Seliger & Vago have put together, and the quality of many of the individual studies, make theirs a welcome addition to the literature." Language