The Acquisition of Heritage Languages: The bilingual development of heritage speakers

By S. Montrul. 2015

380 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Language and Linguistics

1. Maria Polinsky
2. S. Montrul
3. Gregory Scontras
4. Jason Rothman
5. Noelia Sánchez-Walker
6. Alejandro Cuza
7. Greville Corbett
8. A. Sorace

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Maria Polinsky
2. Gregory Scontras
3. S. Montrul
4. Jason Rothman
5. J. Paradis

Citations in the corpus

• Understanding heritage languages (2019, background): “As we mentioned in the section “A question of baselines” above, the decrease in use of null pronouns begins already in the language of first-generation immigrants, whose language serves as input for heritage-language learners (Dubinina & Polinsky, 2013; Montrul, 2016; Otheguy et al., 2007).”
• Heritage language development: Connecting the dots (2018, background): “According to the results of Silva-Corvalán (2014), the copulas exhibited target-like and robust development, while aspects of TAM and the null vs.”
• Heritage Languages and Their Speakers (2018, background): “Although many linguists have come up with a definition to HL over the years (Valdés, 2001; Montrul, 2016; Rothman, 2009), the author offers yet another: “A heritage language is therefore the home/minority language of a bilingual who is dominant in the main societal language” (p.”