About this title
A reference handbook providing a state-of-the-art overview of heritage languages and linguistics, including immigrant, indigenous and historical minority languages. Chapters span theoretical linguistics, language acquisition and processing, sociolinguistics, language policy and pedagogy, with case studies of heritage languages around the world.
Intended audience
- heritage language researchers
- bilingualism and SLA scholars
- linguistics graduate students
- language education professionals
Subject classification
- Heritage Language Studies
- Bilingualism
- Sociolinguistics
- Applied Linguistics
Scope
- heritage languages around the world
- theoretical approaches to heritage grammar
- psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic approaches
- heritage language acquisition and attrition
- language policy and pedagogy
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Year
- 2021
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108487269
- Catalogue authors
- Silvina Montrul
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