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. 46–50
Commentary
Who qualifies as ‘returnee’, and can one be truly cut off from a former societal language upon return?
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Published online: 28 November 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25072.lam
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25072.lam
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.When does one qualify as ‘returnee’?
- 3.How exactly can returnee studies model individual variation in L2 attrition?
- 4.Conclusion
- Note
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