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Language Proficiency Decline

Language Proficiency Decline is a construct in the field of language attrition that refers to the gradual reduction in a speaker's ability to use or comprehend a language due to reduced exposure, usage, or practice, distinguishing it from other forms of linguistic change by its focus on the erosion of previously acquired language skills.

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Rethinking the critical period for language: New insights into an old question from American Sign Language

Rachel I. Mayberry, Robert Kluender · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 2017 · 199 citations · Full text

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Dropping Out Among Language Minority Youth

Laurence Steinberg, Patricia Lin Blinde, Kenyon S. Chan · Review of Educational Research · 1984 · 179 citations

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American Russian: Language Loss Meets Language Acquisition

Maria Polinsky · 1995 · 131 citations

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VARIABLES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ATTRITION

Kathleen Bardovi‐Harlig, David Stringer · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 2010 · 123 citations

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Language Reversion Revisited

Kees de Bot, Michael Clyne · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1989 · 110 citations

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Authors

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  1. LM
    Lelia Murtagh

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  2. LS
    Laurence Steinberg

    Temple University, United States

    2 publications · 193 citations

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  3. KS
    Kenyon S. Chan

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 193 citations

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  4. AW
    Albert Weideman

    University of the Free State, South Africa

    2 publications · 148 citations

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  5. GD
    Geert Driessen

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    244 citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    520 citations

  3. United Arab Emirates University

    Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  5. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. Universidad Pontificia Comillas

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  7. Arkansas State University

    Jonesboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. Istanbul Technical University

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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  1. Bilingualism Language and Cognition

    BLC · 3 publications · 284 citations

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  2. Review of Educational Research

    RER · 2 publications · 193 citations

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  3. Current Issues in Language Planning

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  4. Journal for Language Teaching

    2 publications · 148 citations

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  5. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

    Repository · 2 publications · 54 citations

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