Language Attrition in Progress

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Preface I. General papers An overview of European research on language attrition Issues in the analysis of language loss: Methodology of the Language Skills Attrition Project Points of reference in first-language loss research II. Dialect loss The selection of linguistic variables in empirical research on variation and change in dialects Functional and structural aspects of dialect loss: A research plan and some first results III. First-language loss Using the present to predict the future in language contact: The case of immigrant minority languages in Sweden Language loss and symbolic gain: The meaning of institutional maintenance IV. Second- and foreign-language loss Foreign-language proficiency in the elderly Forgetting foreign-language vocabulary Regression in German case marking Problem areas in the study of language attrition The attrition of English as a second language with speakers of Hebrew The attrition of French as a foreign language: Interim results List of contributors