This study examines cross-generational transmission of a sociophonetic variable in a
heritage language context. Voiceless stop aspiration is a sociophonetic variable in …

Investigating heritage language (HL)-contact effects on the dominant language has received
limited attention despite its importance in understanding the dynamic interplay between …

This paper investigates the interpretation of overt and null subject pronouns in the heritage
language (European Portuguese, EP) of Portuguese heritage bilinguals (children and …

This article provides a comprehensive overview of the contribution of linguistic research on
Portuguese as a heritage language in Germany to the general understanding of heritage …

Heritage languages are often discussed in terms of their (reduced) complexity, but few
attempts have been made to objectively measure the complexity of heritage languages …

Introduction Recent research on word learning has found that adults can rapidly learn novel
words by tracking cross-situational statistics, but learning is greatly influenced by the …

Heritage language speakers often feel discouraged from using their heritage language
because they are told they do not speak it well. This book offsets such views by investigating …

Recent decades have brought an extensive amount of research that informs our
understanding of the complex relationship between the languages in a multilingual mind …

This paper discusses the implications of linguistic research on heritage bilingualism for
heritage language teaching. It is argued that heritage speakers and second language …

This article examines the performance of heritage speakers (HSs) on two types of
acceptability judgment tasks (AJTs) as well as their corresponding confidence ratings. Data …