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. 57–61
Commentary
Returnee bilingualism and the dynamics of heritage language attrition and re-stabilization
Published online: 28 November 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25102.rat
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.25102.rat
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