An inspirational story. Thanks for sharing! I'm

a little curious, though.  It's been said that until the age of about 12, a person's language skills are relatively vulnerable to change. Studies on international adoptees have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their country of birth.  So here is the question: Did the brave little girl, who already had a lot on her plate, have to relearn English when she first arrived in Illinois?

 

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• 您也許是根據源於 R. Jakobson 在1941年刊行的“母語退化” 推想吧。(參看維基百科) -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 07:42:38

• 根據 Keijzer、Yukawa 等學者研究，喪失母語與否，基本上是個別現象，除非全民全族歸化同化於異族異語。 -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 08:03:15

• 記得日本山崎朋子的《望鄉》（也看過電影故事版本，還是喜歡社會學原著）: 被誘拐到山打根的女孩子當中，確有漸忘日語的個案。 -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 08:11:45

• Yes, I was indeed thinking of language attrition, but -ibelieu- ♀ (1198 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 10:34:50

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• Yes, I was indeed thinking of language attrition, but -ibelieu- ♀ (2628 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 10:47:10

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• Thanks a million for the very interesting discussion. -ibelieu- ♀ (5278 bytes) () 08/20/2021 postreply 17:02:26

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