UID:
almahu_9949178840002882
Format:
1 online resource (324 pages).
ISBN:
90-272-6176-8
Series Statement:
Studies in bilingualism ; Volume 58
Content:
"Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also speak the dominant language of the country they live in. Often heritage languages undergo changes due to their special status. They have received a lot of scholarly attention and provide a link between academic concerns and educational issues. This book takes a language contact perspective: we consider heritage languages from the perspective of their history, their structural properties, and their interaction with other surrounding languages"--
Note:
Heritage speakers and heritage languages -- History of the field of heritage language studies -- Social aspects of heritage languages -- Bilingual language use -- Methods for collecting heritage language data -- Studying variability in heritage language speaker populations -- and the base line -- Heritage language phenomena and what triggers them -- Grammatical models and research paradigms -- Language processing in multilingual speakers -- Heritage languages in a post-colonial setting: focus on Papiamentu -- The political dimension of heritage languages: endangered languages, -- language rights, and the preservation of diversity -- Technical terms used in this book related to heritage languages
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-0471-3
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
