Heritage Languages and Their Speakers: 159 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 159)
Cambridge University Press, 4/2/2020
EAN 9781107642966, ISBN10: 1107642965
Paperback, 434 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a wide range of languages, it covers all the main components of grammar, including phonetics and phonology, morphology and morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics, and shows easy familiarity with approaches ranging from formal grammar to typology, from sociolinguistics to child language acquisition and other relevant aspects of psycholinguistics. The book offers analysis of resilient and vulnerable domains in heritage languages, with a special emphasis on recurrent structural properties that occur across multiple heritage languages. It is explicit about instances where, based on our current knowledge, we are unable to reach a clear decision on a particular claim or analytical point, and therefore provides a much-needed resource for future research.
1. Introduction
2. Heritage English
3. How to study heritage speakers
some observations on the methodologies and approaches
4. Phonetics and phonology
5. Morphology and morphosyntax
6. Syntax
7. Semantics and pragmatics
8. Heritage speakers in unexpected places
Conclusions.