Is Tubatulabal De-Acquisition Relevant to Theories of Language Acquisition?.

Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.

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ERIC Number: EJ181699

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Publication Date: 1977

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Is Tubatulabal De-Acquisition Relevant to Theories of Language Acquisition?

Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M.

International Journal of American Linguistics, 43, 4, 333-8, Oct 77

Theorizes that most or all varieties of the Tubatulabal language are currently undergoing enough grammatical degeneration to conclude that it is a dying language. The article states that de-acquisition research has been neglected and will have great relevance in future studies of degenerating grammars. (NCR)

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory, Monolingualism, Morphology (Languages), Phonology, Standard Spoken Usage, Syntax

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