Chapter 2. History of the field of heritage language studies

In:Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
[Studies in Bilingualism 58] 2019
► pp. 23–42

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Chapter 2
History of the field of heritage language studies

Published online: 28 November 2019

Article outline

2.1Introduction
2.2The perspective of the diaspora languages
- 2.2.1Dutch from a diaspora perspective
- 2.2.2Other diaspora varieties
- 2.2.3Diaspora studies in a broader perspective
2.3The perspective of the country of immigration
- 2.3.1The United States
- 2.3.2Early studies on ethnolects and Canadian HL research
- 2.3.3Case studies of HL languages in the United States
  - American Portuguese
  - American Finnish
  - American Greek
- 2.3.4HLs in Australia
- 2.3.5The European context
- 2.3.6Summary
2.4Summary and introduction of the speakers’ perspective