In this paper, we bring to the attention of the linguistic community recent research on
heritage languages. Shifting linguistic attention from the model of a monolingual speaker to …

A heritage language is a sociopolitically minority and/or minoritized language acquired as
the first or one of the first languages in a bilingual or multilingual context. Heritage …

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 …

Many heritage speakers (bilinguals in a minority language context) turn to the second
language (L2) classroom to expand their knowledge of the heritage language. Critical …

With contributions from leading scholars of bilingualism, Language Dominance in Bilinguals
is the first publication to survey different approaches to language dominance, along with …

“Linguistic theory is concerned primarily with an ideal speaker-listener, in a completely
homogeneous speech-community, who knows its (the speech community's) language …

Organizations increasingly operate in diverse languages to serve external stakeholders, yet
often adopt monolingual practices for internal work processes. As language is both a skill …

The difficulty of defining and characterizing the heritage speaker has been duly
acknowledged in a wide range of scholarly publications with both theoretical and …

This paper investigates the morphosyntax of number and gender agreement in English-
dominant heritage speakers of Spanish. Our study builds on the experimental paradigm of …

This paper presents an overview of heritage-language studies, emphasizing the situation in
the USA. Beginning with the definition of heritage speakers, the paper offers a brief summary …