Emergentism meets attrition: Returnee children as a lens on lifespan language dynamics

Taura, Hideyuki

doi:10.1075/lab.25069.tau

Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: What returnee bilinguals may teach us about language attrition, language stabilization, and individual variation
Edited by Matthew T. Carlson and Jorge González Alonso
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 16:1] 2026
► pp. 82–84

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Emergentism meets attrition

Returnee children as a lens on lifespan language dynamics

Hideyuki Taura | Ritsumeikan University

Published online: 28 November 2025

https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25069.tau

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