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Peer reviewedde Bot, Kees; Clyne, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Speech material gathered from Dutch-English bilinguals in Australia questioned in 1971 and 1987 was analyzed, showing no evidence of attrition in Dutch. It is concluded that first-language attrition does not necessarily occur in an immigrant setting and that immigrants who maintain their language in the first years of their stay will likely remain…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dutch, English, Foreign Countries
