First language attrition and reversion among older migrants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5124615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monika S Schmid (0000-0002-3326-2766, University of Groningen), Merel Keijzer (0000-0001-9041-8563, Utrecht University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2009 |
| Issue | 200 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl.2009.046 |
| OpenAlex | W2147144437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 13 |
Emigration usually requires speakers to become bilingual, and eventually they may even become dominant in their second language. This can lead to a gradual loss of proficiency in the first language, a phenomenon referred to as first language attrition. As migrants become elderly, however, they sometimes report a “reversion” in language dominance, whereby the second language, which they have used in their daily lives for years or decades, recedes and the first language becomes stronger again. There are largely anecdotal cases of communication between such speakers and their children who were not brought up to speak their parents' first language becoming impossible. It is, however, very difficult to separate fact from fiction in such reports
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |