Before She Started School in the United States, Mita, Daughter

Multiple Choice

Before she started school in the United States, Mita, daughter of immigrant parents of Indian origin, used to speak only her native language, Hindi, fluently. She then learned to speak English in school and attained fluency in both Hindi and English. However, as she grew older, she started to feel ashamed of her roots and gave up speaking Hindi altogether. This phenomenon is called ________ bilingualism.

A) subjective
B) relapsed
C) subtractive
D) retractive