L1 Attrition in Instructed Settings
Evidence from L1 Spanish–L2 English Bilinguals
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| ID | 19487528 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Elena García-Guerrero (0000-0003-3125-7856, University of Córdoba), Claudia Lozano (0000-0003-0068-154X, Universidad de Granada) |
| Ano | 2026 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Fascículo | 5 |
| Páginas | 101 |
| Data de publicação | 2026-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Editora | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages11050101 |
| OpenAlex | W7161035906 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 45 |
This study investigates first language attrition in the interpretation and processing of relative clause attachment ambiguities among instructed late sequential L1 Spanish–L2 English bilinguals. Traditionally, L1 attrition has been associated with limited L1 use and exposure, along with extensive naturalistic immersion. This study questions these conditions as prerequisites of attrition, examining bilinguals who live in an L1 environment but are extensively exposed to their second language in an instructed, classroom-based university setting. Bilinguals were compared with two native control groups of Spanish and English monolinguals. Results from a picture selection task reveal L1 attrition effects in instructed bilinguals, as they rely less frequently on their L1-preferred disambiguation strategy, i.e., high attachment, when resolving ambiguous relative clauses, particularly in comparison to Spanish monolinguals. Instructed bilinguals also exhibit higher processing when processing ambiguous sentences. Additionally, the study explores whether language dominance modulates attrition effects. We consider the implications of these findings for our understanding of grammatical attrition across different input contexts
Attrition · Dominance (genetics) · First language · Interpretation (philosophy) · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Task (project management) · Categorization, perception, and language · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Language Attrition
Effects of the Second Language on the First
A Neurolinguistic Theory of Bilingualism
Language Dominance in Bilinguals
What is the source of L1 attrition? The effect of recent L1 re-exposure on Spanish speakers under L1 attrition
Cross-linguistic differences in parsing
Parsing Strategies in L1 and L2 Sentence Processing
The effect of exposure on syntactic parsing in Spanish–English bilinguals
Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution in L2 Learners
Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using lme4
The Oxford Handbook of Language Attrition
L1 morphosyntactic attrition in instructed and immersed bilinguals
The relevance of first language attrition to theories of bilingual development
On-line relative clause attachment strategy in heritage speakers of Spanish
Pseudorelatives, relatives, and L1 attrition
First language attrition and syntactic subjects
Definiteness matters as a discourse cue in L1 and L2 processing of relative clauses
What Defines Language Dominance in Bilinguals
A model for L1 grammatical attrition
Relative Clause Interpretation Preferences in Spanish and English
L1 Attrition vis-à-vis L2 Acquisition
Pinning down the concept of "interface" in bilingualism
Exploring the source of differences and similarities in L1 attrition and heritage speaker competence
On the L1 Attrition of the Spanish Present Tense
Relative clause attachment in German, English, Spanish and French
Statistical Methods for Linguistic Research
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