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Language Attrition

Language attrition is the systematic decline in proficiency and use of a language by an individual or community due to reduced exposure, practice, or social support, typically occurring when a dominant language supplants a less-used language in bilingual or second-language contexts.

204

Publications

12.1K

Citations

252

Authors

158

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

30

Variants

Linguistic Attrition

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Children

Publications

204

<b>Language change</b> : Progress or decay? By Jean Aitchison. Douglas, Isle of Man: Fontana, 1981. Pp. 266. £ 2.95.

Philip Baldi · Language · 1983 · 465 citations

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When languages die: the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge

K. David Harrison · Choice Reviews Online · 2007 · 420 citations

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Foreign Language Anxiety and Language Performance: A Study of Learner Anxiety in Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced‐Level College Students of Japanese

Yoshiko Saito, Keiko Komiya Samimy · Foreign Language Annals · 1996 · 348 citations

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Native language attrition and developmental instability at the syntax-discourse interface: Data, interpretations and methods

Antonella Sorace · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2004 · 321 citations

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Against learning. Reclaiming a language for education in an age of learning

Gert Biesta · Nordic Studies in Education · 2004 · 302 citations · Full text

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Authors

252

  1. MS
    Monika S. Schmid

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. BK
    Barbara Köpke

    Laboratoire de NeuroPsychoLinguistique, France

    7 publications · 416 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. KD
    Kees de Bot

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    6 publications · 529 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. AS
    Antonella Sorace

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 694 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. RC
    R. C. Gardner

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 264 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

158

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    384 citations

  3. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    806 citations

  4. Rijksmuseum

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    364 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    779 citations

  6. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    565 citations

  7. University of Minho

    Braga, Portugal

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    206 citations

  8. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    145 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 18 publications · 787 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 13 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

    h-index

  3. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 7 publications · 292 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Language Learning

    7 publications · 463 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 7 publications · 505 citations

    7

    h-index

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