Attriters and Bilinguals: What’s in a Name?

The use of language as a universal tool for communication and interaction is the backbone human society. General sociocultural milieu specific contextual factors can strongly influence various aspects linguistic experience, including acquisition respective internal neurolinguistic processes. This particularly relevant in case bilingualism, which encompasses diverse set experiences, greatly influenced by societal, cultural, educational, personal factors. In this perspective piece, we focus on type experience: non-pathological first-language (L1) attrition—a phenomenon that tied to immersion non-L1 environments. We present our view what may be essence L1 attrition suggest ways examining it bilingual particular with relation its neurocognitive bases.