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Language contact in heritage languages 
in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper discusses heritage languages (HLs) in the Netherlands. First, different types of motivations for the study of heritage languages in general are presented, since the type of motivation for the interest in heritage speakers has a large impact on the type of phenomenon researched.
Suzanne Aalberse, Pieter Muysken
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Regional language as heritage languages

International Journal of Bilingualism
Aims and objectives: Heritage languages are commonly spoken by immigrants and their children, but they can also be spoken in their own territories when national regional languages and indigenous languages share space with a majority language.
Silvina Montrul
exaly   +2 more sources

Understanding the nature and outcomes of early bilingualism: Romance languages as heritage languages [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Bilingualism, 2009
In this introduction to the special issue on Romance languages as heritage languages, I aim to contextualize the scope of this issue and the contribution it makes to the emerging field of linguistic studies to heritage language bilingualism.
Jason Rothman
exaly   +2 more sources

Heritage languages and syntactic theory [PDF]

open access: yes
This volume explores a wide range of structural phenomena in typologically diverse heritage languages using current Minimalist theoretical approaches. Heritage languages have been the focus of extensive research in the last three decades; by virtue of ...
Roberta D'Alessandro   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Heritage languages

2019
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.
Suzanne Aalberse   +2 more
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Language as Cultural Heritage

2020
Abstract This chapter addresses linguistic heritage as part of cultural heritage. The use of a language not only serves as a means of functional communication but also expresses the speaker’s cultural identity as well as the cultural heritage developed by all previous users of that language. One can say that legal measures that allow for
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Exploring Heritage Language Anxiety: A Study of Chinese Heritage Language Learners

The Modern Language Journal, 2014
The rapidly increasing population of heritage students within the recent expansion of Chinese language education leads us to explore anxiety levels specific to Chinese heritage language (CHL) learners. This study examines the anxiety profiles of 87 CHL learners, enrolled in separated heritage‐track courses at two U. S.
Yang Xiao, Ka F. Wong
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HERITAGE LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AND PRESERVING THE RUSSIAN HERITAGE LANGUAGE IN THE USA: AN OVERVIEW

The Humanities And Social Studies In The Far East, 2022
This article examines the challenges of preserving heritage language and culture among a specific type of bilinguals – heritage speakers of Russian residing in the United States. The necessity for specialized heritage language (HL) learning programs is motivated by the recently growing interest in bilingualism and preserving heritage languages.
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Heritage languages and language as heritage: the language of heritage in Canada and beyond

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2022
Jonathan Eaton, Mark Turin
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