Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgment ix
4. Language attrition 1
5. Part I. Theoretical models and methodological aspects
6. L2 influence and L1 attrition in adult bilingualism 47
7. A sociocultural approach for language attrition 61
8. Perceived language dominance and language preference for emotional speech 81
9. The role of grammaticality judgments in investigating first language attrition 105
10. Part II. Attrition in progress — observations and descriptions
11. Issues in finding the appropriate methodology in language attrition research 133
12. Language contact and attrition 165
13. Is there a natural process of decay? 189
14. In search of the lost language 207
15. Part III. How the study of attrition can contribute to the understanding of language
16. Attrition in L1 competence 225
17. Methodological aspects of a generative-based attrition study 243
18. Convergent outcomes in L2 acquisition and L1 loss 259
19. A modest proposal 281
20. No more reductions! — To the problem of evaluation of language attrition data 299
21. Language attrition research 317
22. A new blueprint for language attrition research 349
23. Author index 365
24. Subject index 373