Chapter 1. Heritage speakers and heritage languages

In:Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
[Studies in Bilingualism 58] 2019
► pp. 1–22

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Chapter 1
Heritage speakers and heritage languages

Published online: 28 November 2019

Article outline

1.1Introduction
1.2Characterizing heritage speakers
- 1.2.1Unofficial language
- 1.2.2Language dominance shift
- 1.2.3Divergent grammars and other possible effects of the dominance shift
- 1.2.4Personal and cultural ties to the language
- 1.2.5Age of onset and acquisition in a naturalistic setting
- 1.2.6Are HLs community languages?
- 1.2.7Summary
1.3The contact scenario approach to HLs
- 1.3.1Typical contact scenarios
- 1.3.2An example: Turkish as a HL in Northwestern Europe
- 1.3.3Evaluating the scenario approach
1.4Overview of the book