doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.455
Literature Review on Language Attrition Causes: Word Frequency, and Identity and Belongings
Lan Y. Mao
- Foreign Language College, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Abstract
Language attrition is the phenomenon ofdegradation and forgetting of the learning outcomes of languagelearners. This paper focuses on analyzing the factors influencingthe emergence of language attrition in language users andlanguage learners by summarizing previous empirical andqualitative studies . It finds that the influencing factors aredivided into two main categories, including intralinguistic andextralinguistic factors. The former refers mainly to wordfrequency and the latter mostly indicates people’s quest foridentity and a sense of belonging. And In order to fully analyzethe effects of these factors on linguistic attrition, the authorrespectively discusses the mother tongue attrition and thesecond language in the first language environment and also inthe second environment. Therefore, language change is theresult of a combination of multifaceted factors. So this findingcan expand the study of language and put forward suggestionson language teaching reform.
Keywords
- Language attrition
- word frequency
- identityand belonging
- language teaching
How to Cite
Lan Y. Mao, "Literature Review on Language Attrition Causes: Word Frequency, and Identity and Belongings," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 478-481, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.455
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