Requests and apologies in two languages among bilingual speakers: A comparison of heritage English speakers and English-and Hebrew-dominant bilinguals

S Bar On, N Meir - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Linguistic research over the last two decades has uncovered a significant
number of properties that identify heritage language (HL) speakers as a particular …

Lexical production and innovation in child and adult Russian heritage speakers dominant in English and Hebrew

C Fridman, N Meir - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2023 - cambridge.org
The present study investigated lexical production and innovation of 202 participants across
six groups: child and adult heritage speakers of Russian, dominant in Hebrew or American …

[HTML][HTML] Family language policy and vocabulary of bilingual children across different ages

K Rose, S Armon-Lotem, C Altman - Ampersand, 2023 - Elsevier
Family language policy explores planning of home language use and is thought to shape
language acquisition. Historically, heritage languages have often been considered 'low …

English as a heritage language: The effects of input patterns and contact with Hebrew

S Gordon, N Meir - International Journal of Bilingualism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: This study examines the extent to which language skills of adult speakers of
heritage language (HL) English in a Hebrew-speaking society are affected by individual HL …

Modeling lexical abilities of heritage language and L2 speakers of Hebrew and English in Israel and the United States: a network approach

C Fridman, A Livni, S Bar On, N Meir - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This paper examines the productive vocabulary skills of five groups of English-
Hebrew bilinguals in Israel and the United States. The juxtaposition of these five groups …

A portrait of lexical knowledge among adult Hebrew heritage speakers dominant in American English: evidence from naming and narrative tasks

C Fridman, N Meir - Languages, 2023 - mdpi.com
While the field of heritage language (HL) bilingualism has grown substantially in recent
years, no studies have considered heritage Hebrew speakers dominant in American …

The effect of language attitudes on proficiency in two heritage languages of Mountain Jews in Israel and the US

R Shabtaev, J Walters, S Armon-Lotem - International Journal of the …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Abstract Mountain Jews (MJs), native of the eastern Caucasus, mass immigrated in the
1990s to Israel and the US. MJs brought with them two heritage languages (HLs): Russian …

Heritage language maintenance and shift of three languages across three generations of mountain Jews in Israel

R Shabtaev, J Walters… - Journal of Multilingual and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Mountain Jewish immigrants to Israel from the Eastern Caucasus used two
heritage languages, Juhuri (Judeo-Tat) and Russian. Juhuri was their home and Russian …

Family Language Policies of Multilingual Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden

A Zabrodskaja, N Meir, S Karpava, N Ringblom… - Languages, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study explored the language and literacy practices of multilingual families in Cyprus,
Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses …

Ukrainian–Russian bilingualism in the war-affected migrant and refugee communities in Austria and Germany: a survey-based study on language attitudes

V Warditz, N Meir - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This paper provides an initial exploration of Ukrainian–Russian bilingualism in
the context of the war-affected migration from Ukraine to Austria and Germany. While …