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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 December 2022
      22 December 2022
      ISBN:
      9781316459690
      9781107133372
      9781107589896
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316459690
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 348 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.504kg, 348 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
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    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 – Hindi, 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.

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    ‘A valuable resource for scholars interested in syntactic theory, language acquisition, language change, and multilingualism.’

    Sarah Hopkyns Source: Language in Society

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