Interesting synergy between studies showing language attrition in first-generation child migrants in their heritage language, probed in children (Paradis et al doi.org/10.1017/S030... ) vs in adults (Tomics et al doi.org/10.1075/lab.... ). Schooling in the HL is a protective effect in both cases.
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Individual language experience determinants of morphosyntactic variation in heritage and attriting speakers of Bosnian and Serbian | John Benjamins
Abstract
Using a causal inference approach, we explored the relationships among the language experience determinants of
morphosyntactic sensitivity, to identify the factors that indirectly and directl...
