Heritage languages : a language contact approach / Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus, Pieter Muysken.

Author/creator Aalberse, Suzanne Pauline, 1975- author.
Other author Backus, Ad author.
Other author Muysken, Pieter author.
Format Electronic
PublicationAmsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2019.
Description1 online resource (296 pages).
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Subjects

SeriesStudies in Bilingualism ; 58
Studies in bilingualism ; 58. ^A275406
Summary 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.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 13, 2019)
Issued in other formOriginal 9789027204714 9027204713 9027204705 9789027204707
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9789027261762 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9027261768 (electronic bk.)

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