Morphological awareness and spelling in Spanish heritage language learners
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DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2016.11.004
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of morphological awareness (MA) in Spanish heritage language speakers in terms of two cognitive processing components—analysis of linguistic knowledge and control of linguistic processes—as… read more here.
Keywords: spanish heritage; morphological awareness; heritage language;
Wuli and stance in a Korean heritage language classroom: A language socialization perspective
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DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2019.04.004
Abstract: Abstract This study examines stances evoked by a Korean teacher's use of the pronoun, wuli (we/our), in a heritage language classroom. Close analysis of recorded classroom interaction reveals that the frequent use of “wuli chingwutul”… read more here.
Keywords: wuli; language; language classroom; heritage language ... See more keywords
CHOICE OF WORDS MATTERS, BUT SO DOES SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY
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DOI: 10.1017/s0272263119000378
Abstract: The first is that incomplete acquisition fails to accurately characterize the process or outcome of heritage language acquisition. On this distinction, we are happy to accept Montrul and Silva-Corvalán’s clarification that incomplete acquisition is intended… read more here.
Keywords: acquisition; language acquisition; heritage language; process ... See more keywords
Spanish heritage language learners’ motivational profile in the postsecondary classroom: Insights from psychological network modeling
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DOI: 10.1017/s0272263123000025
Abstract: This study sought to investigate the psychological network structure of adult Spanish heritage language (HL) learners’ motivational profile by considering interconnections among the following variables: the possible HL selves, family influence, intended HL learning effort,… read more here.
Keywords: network; psychological network; language; spanish heritage ... See more keywords
Effects of parental input quality in child heritage language acquisition
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000919000850
Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the role of parental input quality on the acquisition of Greek as a heritage language in Western Canada. Focusing on subject use, we tested four groups of Greek speakers: monolingual children,… read more here.
Keywords: input; parental input; input quality; heritage language ... See more keywords
The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia
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DOI: 10.1075/aral.23039.her
Abstract: Although the terms ‘heritage speakers’ and ‘heritage languages’ are relatively new, the phenomena themselves date back to the beginning of migration. In many situations heritage languages do not survive these changes, but in others they… read more here.
Keywords: heritage language; spanish heritage; heritage; heritage speakers ... See more keywords
Heritage language learning and identity (re)construction through a study abroad program
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DOI: 10.1075/aral.25011.par
Abstract: This study explores how study abroad served as space for the (re)construction of heritage language (HL) identities for a second-generation female Korean New Zealander HL student. This study adopted narrative inquiry, drawing on data from… read more here.
Keywords: heritage language; identity; language; construction ... See more keywords
Exploring views on heritage language use and bilingual acquisition: quantitative and qualitative evidence from teachers and immigrant students in the Greek context
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2017.1284854
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this paper, we present a synthesis of a series of studies, carried out by our research groups, from the Greek educational context on teachers’ and immigrant students’ views on issues of bilingual acquisition… read more here.
Keywords: heritage language; teachers immigrant; context; immigrant students ... See more keywords
Heritage language revitalisation and music
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2022.2157006
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this introduction to the special issue ‘Heritage Language Revitalisation and Music', we consider how viewing the complex challenge of language precarity through the lens of music and music-making – and related modes of… read more here.
Keywords: heritage language; language revitalisation; revitalisation music; language ... See more keywords
Language ideologies and heritage language maintenance among Egyptian Nubian families: a comparative study of urban and rural families
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2024.2358172
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article explores language ideologies in urban and rural Nubian families in Egypt toward Arabic, English, and Nubian, analysing how these families’ different language ideologies could influence heritage language maintenance. Data were collected through… read more here.
Keywords: heritage language; urban rural; nubian families; language ... See more keywords
Introduction to the special issue ‘Exploring language dynamics across (migrant) communities’
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2025.2509790
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the introduction, I provide an overview of the special issue's scope, discuss key theoretical and methodological perspectives, and contextualise the selected studies within broader debates on multilingualism and migration. This edited collection investigates… read more here.
Keywords: migrant communities; heritage language; special issue; language ... See more keywords