ISBN:
9781316459690
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 324 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44/60973
Keywords:
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
Abstract:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Dec 2022)
,
On heritage speakers as native speakers -- Structural changes in heritage language grammars -- Differential object marking -- Language change and the acquisition of differential object marking -- The vulnerability of differential object marking in three heritage languages -- Differential object marking in Spanish as a heritage language -- Differential object marking in Hindi as a heritage language -- Differential object marking and clitic doubling in Romanian as a heritage language -- Comparing the three heritage languages -- Intergenerational transmission -- Implications
DOI:
10.1017/9781316459690
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459690
