The Contribution of Lexicon to the Language Attrition of Iranian Immigrants to Canada

The present research, investigated whether the domain of lexicon could undergo first language attrition after the first language has been fully acquired, when learning of second language takes place in adulthood in a migrant context. This study mainly aimed to focus on the attrition of the first lan...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 98; pp. 830 - 838
Main Authors Kargar, Homa, Rezai, Mohammad Javad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 06.05.2014
Subjects
Concrete and Abstract words
First language attrition
Lexicon domain
second language environment
second language environment
Concrete and Abstract words
Lexicon domain
First language attrition
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Summary:The present research, investigated whether the domain of lexicon could undergo first language attrition after the first language has been fully acquired, when learning of second language takes place in adulthood in a migrant context. This study mainly aimed to focus on the attrition of the first language (Persian) among adults in an L2 environment. The study focused on a diverse population of Iranian immigrants of Canada. Altogether, 51 participants participated in this study. The instruments adopted involved a Picture Naming Task, and the AMTB questionnaire modified by (Gardner, 1985). The initial results indicate that bilinguals had no difficulty in managing lexical naming tasks.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.03.488