Language attrition : theoretical perspectives / edited by Barbara Köpke [and others].

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Bilingualism and attrition / Monika S. Schmid and Barbara Köpke -- Language attrition at the crossroads of brain, mind, and society / Barbara Köpke -- Understanding attrition within a MOGUL framework / Mike Sharwood Smith -- Dynamic systems theory, lifespan development and language attrition / Kees de Bot -- The grammatical profile of L1 speakers on the stairs of potential language shift / Carol Myers-Scotton -- First language attrition from a minimalist perspective / Ianthi Maria Tsimpli -- (Psycho)linguistic determinants of L1 attrition / Ayşe Gürel -- L1 attrition features predicted by a neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism / Michel Paradis -- The role of L1 use for L1 attrition / Monika S. Schmid -- Critical periods in language acquisition and language attrition / Christophe Pallier -- A hidden language / Rosalie Footnick -- Identity, immigration and first language attrition / Petra Prescher -- Language attrition and ideology / Miriam Ben-Rafael and Monika S. Schmid -- Stimulated recall methodology in language attrition research / Antonio F. Jiménez Jiménez.

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The present study explores the value of the Stimulated Recall Protocol for investigations of first language attrition. On the basis of a study of Spanish heritage speakers in the United States it is argued that this method allows a more direct way of tapping into compensatory strategies which speakers apply in situations of communicative breakdown. Insights which speakers provide upon being confronted with their own narratives can provide evidence for changes in the process of regulation which are experienced by attriters, who, faced with the task of engaging in a communicative activity, are f.

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