The loss of language skills

Language Loss : Current Thoughts And Future Directions / Barbara F. Freed -- Setting The Agenda / Richard D. Lambert -- [theoretical Aspects Of Psycholinguistics And Sociolinguistics With Special Relevance To Language Loss] -- Insights From Child Language Acquisition For Second Language Loss / Jean Berko-gleason -- Social Factors In Language Retention / Robert C. Gardner -- Social Factors In Second Language Retention/language Loss And Maintenance On Language Contact Situations / Nancy C. Dorian -- Neurolinguistic Aspects Of Language Loss As They Pertain To Second Language Attrition / Loraine K. Obler -- [measurement And Description Of Language Loss] -- Determining The Linguistic Attributes Of Language Attrition / Roger W. Andersen -- Technical Issues In Designing And Conducting Research On Language Skill Attrition / Rebecca L. Oxford -- Measurement Considerations In Language Attrition Research / John L.d. Clark -- [language Loss And Maintenance : Implications For Programs And Policy] -- Language Attrition And The Administration Of Secondary School And College Foreign Language Instruction / Albert Valdman -- The U.s. Government's Foreign Language Attrition And Maintenance Experience / Pardee Lowe, Jr. -- Policy Implications/complications Arising From Native Language Attrition In U.s. Ethnolinguistic Minority Groups / Jack Levy -- Implications Of Language Attrition Research For National Language Policy / Richard T. Thompson. Edited By Richard D. Lambert And Barbara F. Freed. Based On A Conference Held May 1980 At The University Of Pennsylvania. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 227-238.