Publications

Publication details [#46727]

Levine, Glenn S. 2000. Incomplete L1 Acquisition in the Immigrant Situation. Yiddish in the United States. (Linguistische Arbeiten 426). De Gruyter. VIII+104 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language | immigrant | L1-acquisition | language change

Language as a subject

English, American | Yiddish

Annotation

This book proposes a theoretical model for exploring 'incomplete L1 acquisition', taking as example the particular situation of elderly Jewish immigrants to the U.S., who acquired Yiddish simultaneously with American English and have not employed the language since their childhood.