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Native speakers, interrupted : differential object marking and language change in heritage languages / Silvina Montrul

Cambridge, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

1 online resource (xxii, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2022)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-316-45969-0 (ebook); 978-1-107-13337-2 (hardback); 978-1-107-58989-6 (paperback)

978-1-107-13337-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1365041235     

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781316459690

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781316459690

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LOC-SH: Bilingualism -- United States ; Heritage language speakers -- United States ; Linguistic change -- United States ; Spanish language -- Direct object ; Spanish language -- Morphosyntax ; Hindustani language -- Direct object ; Hindustani language -- Morphosyntax ; Romanian language -- Direct object ; Romanian language -- Morphosyntax

A heritage language is the term given to a language spoken at home by bilingual children of immigrant parents. Written by a leading figure in the field, this pioneering, in-depth study brings together three heritage languages - Hindu, Spanish and Romanian - spoken in the United States. It demonstrates how heritage speakers drive morphosyntactic change when certain environmental characteristics are met, and considers the relationship between social and cognitive factors and timing in language acquisition, bilingualism, and language change. It also discusses the implications of the findings for the language education of heritage speakers in the USA and considers how the heritage language can be maintained in the English-speaking school system. Advancing our understanding of heritage language development and change, this book is essential reading for students and researchers of linguistics and multilingualism, immigration, education studies and language policy, as well as educators and policy makers.