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The Regression Hypothesis as a Framework for First Language Attrition
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Keijzer, Merel – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2010
In an attempt to explain first language attrition in emigrant populations, this paper investigates the explanatory power of a framework that has--until now--received little attention: the regression hypothesis (Jakobson, 1941). This hypothesis predicts that the order of attrition is the reverse of the order of acquisition. The regression…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Syntax, Systems Approach, Foreign Countries