This volume is the first handbook dedicated to language attrition, the study of how a
speaker's language may be affected by crosslinguistic interference and non-use. The effects …

First language (L1) attrition is a multi-dimensional phenomenon. The body of attrition
research includes studies in child L1 attrition (normally categorized as incomplete L1 …

Figure 1.1 The (inverted) T/Y-model 7 Figure 1.2 Reinhart's (2006) model 10 Figure 1.3
Jackendoff's (2002) model 18 Figure 1.4 Structure of the cats in the parallel architecture …

Several studies of different bilingual groups including L2 learners, child bilinguals, heritage
speakers and L1 attriters reveal similar performance on syntax-discourse interface …

This article proposes a formal model of the human language faculty that accommodates the
possibility of 'attrition'(modification or loss) of morphosyntactic properties in a first language …

This study investigates whether lexical knowledge in the first language (L1) of late Turkish-
Dutch bilinguals becomes less accessible for the production of fluent speech and in …

This paper compares results of two studies examining L2 English and L2 Dutch-induced
syntactic changes that occur in L1 Turkish grammars of speakers living in North America and …

This article reports on an investigation of changes in the grammatical competence of
Germans living in the Netherlands. The participants (N= 52) were asked to give their …

This study contributes to current trends of heritage speaker (HS) acquisition research by
examining the syntax of psych-predicates in HS Spanish. Broadly defined, psych-predicates …

This study investigates potential changes or simplifications in the L1 grammar of late Turkish-
Dutch bilinguals in a migrant setting and examines the non-linguistic factors that might have …