Schmid, Monika S (2007) 'The role of L1 use for L1 attrition.' In: Köpke, Barbara and Schmid, Monika S and Keijzer, Merel and Dostert, Susan, (eds.) Language Attrition: Theoretical perspectives. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, pp. 135-153. ISBN 9789027241443

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Abstract

While the factor ‘language contact’ is often named among the most important for the development of individual language attrition, empirical validations of this claim are few and far between. This contribution argues that a bilingual’s use of the first language comprises very diverse situations which cannot be subsumed under one predictor variable. Grosjean’s (2001) framework of language modes is invoked as a useful way of structuring the use of the L1 by immigrants. A statistical investigation of these different types of L1 use on the one hand and language proficiency data on the other demonstrates that the impact of both active and passive exposure to the first language on attrition is anything but straightforward.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of
Depositing User:	Jim Jamieson
Date Deposited:	15 May 2015 13:17
Last Modified:	15 May 2015 13:17
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13790

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