The dynamics of native language competence of a bilingual speaker

Abstract

I am indebted to many people without whose expertise and support I would not have advanced in my research and accomplished it. First of all, I would like to offer a deep gratitude to my supervisor, prof. Danuta Gabryś-Barker - a remarkable scientist and a great personality. There is a long list of acknowledgments for which I owe her: sharing her vast knowledge and helping me find my own scientific paths, for the invaluable support in selecting and approaching problems, and for setting high standards at every stage of my research - to name but a few. My gratitude extends to prof. David Singleton who helped me establish connections with other researchers in the field. A special thanks goes to prof. Monica Schmid for advice and sharing her work on language attrition. I would also like to thank prof. Helena Synowiec for guidance in gathering the language corpus data and prof. Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel for further suggestions for text improvement.