Language loss has been an issue of major importance to heritage language communities. Language loss can
Language loss is also seen in second language learners as they gain proficiency in the second language
is the ability to communicate in two different languages. A person can become bilingual many ways: learning
Identity is created in language. Through language we show other people who we are and what we purport
long-standing topic of debate in first and second language acquisition. There are many studies that focus
Merwin immediately sets a tone for “Losing a Language” in the title, hinting at the lament-like characteristic
Kees and Bot (1995), language attrition in the other words is loss of language skills. There are both
push for their children to learn the official language of the country they live in. These parents claim
The influence of language and power in the formation of identity can be well understood through discussion
used as punishment for speaking their indigenous languages. The imposition of residential schools on First