This paper reviews a brief portion of the literature on code switching in sociology, linguistic
anthropology, and sociolinguistics, and suggests a definition of the term for sociocultural …

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 …

This paper presents an overview of heritage-language studies, emphasizing the situation in
the USA. Beginning with the definition of heritage speakers, the paper offers a brief summary …

It is quite commonplace for bilingual speakers to use two or more languages, dialects or
varieties in the same conversation, without any apparent effort. The phenomenon, known as …

The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the study of language contact,
associated partly with the linguistic effects of globalization and increased migration all over …

Heritage speakers are people raised in a home where one language is spoken who
subsequently switch to another dominant language. The version of the home language that …

Code-switching—the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a
bilingual speaker—is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that …

This book has two purposes. First, it is intended to contribute to the growing body of theory
and research that has addressed the role of interaction in second language (L2) learning …

NE INCIDENT DURING my years as a PhD student changed my views on Oacademic
research considerably: I was drafting a joint paper with my supervisor, Lesley Milroy, and in …

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 …