Language attrition describes the loss of or changes to grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits in such a situation there may for example be simplification in the tense system or in certain properties of subordinate clauses some vocabulary items might fall into disuse and phonetic features may be restructured these changes can be affected by features of the speakers . Language attrition describes the loss of or changes to grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits in such a situation there may for example be simplification in the tense system or in certain properties of subordinate clauses some vocabulary items might fall into disuse and . Language attrition key topics in sociolinguistics amazonde schmid monika s fremdsprachige bucher. Language attrition key topics in sociolinguistics ggda 2 17 downloaded from itwikiemersonedu on january 17 2021 by guest the reader with experimental approaches to attrition and data analysis techniques and provides hands on guidelines on how to apply them first language attrition monika s schmid 2004 08 26 this volume provides a state