attriter

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noun

One who, or that which, attrites.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounattriter (plural attriters)

plural attriters

  1. One who, or that which, attrites.
  2. human sciencesOne who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
    1 more example

    Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Q52147493 (Q52147493) (2004), First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological Issues, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 196)

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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