Commentary published In: Epistemological issue with keynote article “The relevance of first language attrition to theories of bilingual development” by Monika S. Schmid and Barbara Köpke
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 7:6] 2017
► pp. 696–699
Commentary
Is every bilingual an L1 attriter?
The unbearable complexity of defining L1 attrition
Published online: 1 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.00007.gur
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.00007.gur
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