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DORADO ESCRIBANO, Guadalupe. Relationship between vocabulary and language use in romanians living in madrid. Káñina [online]. 2018, vol.42, n.2, pp.193-220. ISSN 2215-2636.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rk.v42i2.34921.

In the migration context, individuals seem to suffer a loss in their mother tongues and this asseveration is based on the nonuse of the language, that is, the less use, the more difficulty to retrieve words (Paradis, 2007). In an attempt to elucidate a possible relationship between the vocabulary and the use of language, a group of twenty Romanians living in Madrid was interviewed with the objective of knowing their opinion about their possible loss as well as carrying out a linguistic task (Verbal Fluency Task). Being that vocabulary is the most vulnerable area in attrition, the possible relationship between vocabulary and attrition will be also examined.

Palavras-chave : vocabulary; language use; attrition; Romanians; Spain.

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