In this week's New York Times Magazine, I wrote about my anxiety about losing my English, the recent science of "language attrition" and whether or not there is such a thing as a "native" language.
nytimes.com/2024/05/14/mag…
nytimes.com/2024/05/14/mag…
A long article such as this one is the result of many conversations, edits and discoveries. Many thanks to the academics and writers whose work informed this piece!
Among them: Monika S. Schmid, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Aneta Pavlenko, Merel Keijzer, Julie Sedivy, Silvina Montrul, Lily Wong Fillmore, Sadiqa de Meijer, Mirene Arsanios, Yasemin Yildiz and Yoko Tawada.
And thanks to the wonderful team at the Times--my editor Sheila Glaser, and fact-checkers Cynthia Cotts and Steven Stern.
And here is a gift link: nytimes.com/2024/05/14/mag…
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