Heritage Languages: A language contact approach: 58 (Studies in Bilingualism) - Softcover

Aalberse, Suzanne; Backus, Ad; Muysken, Pieter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027204705 ISBN 13: 9789027204707

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2019

Synopsis

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 speak the dominant language of the country they live in. Often heritage languages undergo changes due to their special status. They have received a lot of scholarly attention and provide a link between academic concerns and educational issues. This book takes a language contact perspective: we consider heritage languages from the perspective of their history, their structural properties, and their interaction with other surrounding languages.
The chapter on Bilingual language use has been co-authored by Anne Verschik; the chapter on Processing has been co-authored by Gerrit Jan Kootstra; and the chapter on Papiamentu has been co-authored by Bart Jacobs.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027204705
• ISBN 13: 9789027204707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322