Attriter
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who, or that which, attrites.
- 2 One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
"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)"
Example
More examples"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)"
Etymology
From attrite + -er.
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