First Language Attrition, Use and Maintenance The case of German Jews in anglophone countries
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Schmid's outstanding study brings together a well-theorized and comprehensive linguistic analysis with an in-depth sociohistorical examination of life trajectories of German Jews in anglophone countries.
- Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Overall, the monograph is an outstanding source for researchers in language attrition and bilingualism. It summarises the current state of research in the field and proposes new venues in methodology and interpretation of results.
- Elena Schmitt, Southern Connecticut State University, in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 6(5), 2003,
By focusing on a group who had been deprived of their former identity, this innovative monograph will make a substantial contribution to the language-identity nexus as well as to language attrition.
- Michael Clyne, University of Melbourne,
Schmid's work is very effective in addressing head-on a topic of research that investigates many underdeveloped and controversial issues. This work adds to the ongoing discussion of structural and sociolinguistic decay of variants of German - both in the form of L1 attrition of 'standard' German and German American heritage dialects (i.e., Sprachinseln) - over time.
- Michael T. Putnam, Carson-Newman College, in Yearbook of German-American Studies 43: 204-207,