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First Language Maintenance

First Language Maintenance is a theoretical construct in bilingual development research that refers to the sustained proficiency and functional use of an individual's native language over time, particularly in the context of acquiring a second language, despite exposure to and pressure from the dominant societal language.

161

Publications

9.2K

Citations

236

Authors

134

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

17

Variants

L1 Maintenance

Parents

Publications

161

Bilingual first-language development: Dominant language takeover, threatened minority language take-up

Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Enlli Thomas · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2009 · 585 citations

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Understanding the nature and outcomes of early bilingualism: Romance languages as heritage languages

Jason Rothman · International Journal of Bilingualism · 2009 · 565 citations

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The Cumulative-Enhancement Model for Language Acquisition: Comparing Adults' and Children's Patterns of Development in First, Second and Third Language Acquisition of Relative Clauses

Suzanne Flynn, Claire Foley, Inna Vinnitskaya · International Journal of Multilingualism · 2004 · 502 citations

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E Pluribus Unum: Bilingualism and Loss of Language in the Second Generation

Alejandro Portes, Lingxin Hao · Sociology of Education · 1998 · 354 citations

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A longitudinal study of Chinese children and adolescents learning English in the United States

Gisela Jia, Doris Aaronson · Applied Psycholinguistics · 2003 · 318 citations

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Authors

236

  1. EB
    Emanuel Bylund

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    5 publications · 594 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. MC
    Michael Clyne

    Monash University, Australia

    4 publications · 398 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. MS
    Monika S. Schmid

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    4 publications · 364 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. MG
    Martin Guardado

    University of Alberta, Canada

    3 publications · 245 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. NA
    Niclas Abrahamsson

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 278 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

134

  1. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    348 citations

  2. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

    Clayton, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    185 citations

  4. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    239 citations

  5. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    134 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    220 citations

  7. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    458 citations

  8. Oranim Academic College of Education

    Haifa, Israel

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    133 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 14 publications · 497 citations

    13

    h-index

  2. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 13 publications · 444 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. 8

    h-index

  4. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 8 publications · 970 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Bilingual Research Journal

    BRJ · 6 publications · 197 citations

    6

    h-index

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