Second language attrition in Japanese contexts / edited by Lynne Hansen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hansen, Lynne, 1940- editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language attrition--Japan.

Language attrition.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume introduces the study of language attrition - the forgetting of language. The contributors focus on contexts of loss where Japanese is either the attriting language, or the replacing language. This book offers theoretical and practical insights for those interested in language change.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Investigating Second Language Attrition: An Introduction; 2. Japanese Returnees' Retention of English-Speaking Skills: Changes in Verb Usage over Time; 3. The First Stage of Second Language Attrition: A Case Study of a Japanese Returnee; 4. On the Loss of English as a Second Language by Japanese Returnee Children; 5. Lexical Maintenance and Attrition in Japanese as a Second Language; 6. Not a Total Loss: The Attrition of Japanese Negation over Three Decades; 7. Testing the Regression Hypothesis: The Remains of the Japanese Negation System in Micronesia

8. Learning and Losing Japanese as a Second Language: A Multiple Case Study of American University StudentsReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772235-0

1-280-47092-5

0-19-535264-5

1-60256-307-1

OCLC:

252569966