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The phenomenon of language attrition defines the gradual language loss caused by a lack of contact with a language and is the main topic of this book. The aim of the research project was to determine and analyse language attrition of a third language in the written production of multilingual learners. The study examines specifically whether grammatical attrition takes place in Italian written production of multilingual language learners who have not used their third language in a specific timeframe, in this case approximately one year.

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Claudia Cossarini, Mag.phil.: Teaching degree in English and German from the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria. She grew up in a bilingual family in South Tyrol, Northern Italy and spent some time in Manchester, England during her studies with the Erasmus exchange program.

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