Heritage Languages and Their Speakers

ISBN-13: 9781107047648 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 430 str.

Maria Polinsky

Opis

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

Recenzje

'This volume is thorough, comprehensive, and multifaceted, capturing the uniqueness, complexities and subtleties that characterize heritage language. A plethora of concrete research evidence from numerous languages is provided to illustrate the points made.' Mitsuyo Sakamoto, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Heritage English; 3. How to study heritage speakers: some observations on the methodologies and approaches; 4. Phonetics and phonology; 5. Morphology and morphosyntax; 6. Syntax; 7. Semantics and pragmatics; 8. Heritage speakers in unexpected places; Conclusions.