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https://doi.org/10.22210/strjez/51-2/1

Lexical access, lexical diversity and speech fluency in first language attrition

Sergei Gnitiev orcid.org/0000-0001-5700-3630 ; University of Pannonia
Szilvia Bátyi orcid.org/0000-0001-8186-3577 ; University of Pannonia

Sažetak

Prolonged exposure to a second language changes how the first language (L1) is produced
and processed, a phenomenon labelled as language attrition (Yilmaz & Schmid, 2018). The
goal of the present study was to explore the extent of Russian language attrition among
Russians living in Hungary and to explore how extralinguistic variables, such as length of
residence, age, frequency of first language use, and attitudes towards the language, contribute to
the process. Besides questionnaires, semantic and letter fluency tasks were used to explore
lexical access and a story-telling task to measure lexical diversity and speech fluency. The
findings showed that the control group (monolingual Russians living in Russia) outperformed
attriters in terms of lexical access and lexical diversity while speech fluency seems to be intact.
None of the extralinguistic variables explain the extent of attrition; however, frequency of use
is related to the letter fluency tasks.

Ključne riječi

attitudes, frequency of use, L1 attrition, length of residence, lexical access and diversity, speech fluency

Hrčak ID:

289468

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/289468

Datum izdavanja:

20.12.2022.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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