Introduction to Language Attrition - Linguistic, Social, and Cognitive Perspectives

This introductory text brings together diverse perspectives and research streams on language attrition - forgetting or loss of language proficiency that can take place in one's first or additional language, for different reasons, and at different life stages.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Sociolinguistic factors
3. Cognitive factors
4. Lexical attrition
5. Grammatical attrition
6. Toward a unified approach
7. Taking stock
8. Epilogue
References
Index

Info autore

Michael T. Putnam is Professor of German and Linguistics at Penn State University and currently serves as the Director of the Linguistics Program.
David Natvig is Associate Professor of Nordic Linguistics at the University of Stavanger.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Natvig, Michael T. Natvig Putnam, Putnam Michael T.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032005010
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200501-0
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: Second Language Acquisition Research Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Historical and comparative linguistics