Production of Cantonese classifiers in young heritage speakers and majority language speakers
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DOI: 10.1177/1367006918808002
Abstract: Aims and Objectives: This study investigated the production of classifiers in two groups of bilingual speakers: young heritage speakers of Cantonese in the USA and peers in Hong Kong, where Cantonese is the majority language.… read more here.
Keywords: heritage; production; majority language; heritage speakers ... See more keywords
Relative heritage language and majority language use before school start explains variance in 2nd grade majority language but not reading skills
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1134830
Abstract: The present study examined whether parents’ and bilingual children’s own relative use of the heritage language vs. the majority language in the homes of bilingual children in Denmark before school start explains variance in 2nd… read more here.
Keywords: majority language; language; use; heritage language ... See more keywords
Keeping a Critical Eye on Majority Language Influence: The Case of Uptalk in Heritage Spanish
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DOI: 10.3390/languages6010013
Abstract: The goal of this study is to highlight the importance of taking into account variations in monolingual grammars before discussing majority language influence as a possible source of heritage speakers’ divergent grammars. In this study,… read more here.
Keywords: heritage speakers; majority language; language influence; heritage ... See more keywords