In this paper, we bring to the attention of the linguistic community recent research on
heritage languages. Shifting linguistic attention from the model of a monolingual speaker to …

A heritage language is a sociopolitically minority and/or minoritized language acquired as
the first or one of the first languages in a bilingual or multilingual context. Heritage …

This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers,
written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a wide range of …

Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to
socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage …

Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume
for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated …

Many heritage speakers (bilinguals in a minority language context) turn to the second
language (L2) classroom to expand their knowledge of the heritage language. Critical …

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 …

Erosion of DIFFERENTIAL OBJECT MARKING (DOM)—the overt morphological marking of
animate direct objects—has been observed in Spanish heritage speakers who are second …

The sociopolitical status of the two languages (primary and secondary languages) plays a
fundamental role in language use, degree of acquisition, and eventual linguistic dominance …

One of the chief characteristics of heritage speakers is that they range in proficiency from
“overhearers” to “native” speakers. To date, the vast majority of linguistic and …