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Heritage Languages

by Naomi Nagy
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781316518229
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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  • Pages: 318
  • Original Price: GBP 95.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 635 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / General

Heritage language speakers often feel discouraged from using their heritage language because they are told they do not speak it well. This book offsets such views by investigating heritage language variation and change across generations in eight languages spoken in Toronto. It introduces new methodology to help readers understand and apply variationist sociolinguistic approaches to quantitatively analyze spontaneous speech. This approach, based on a corpus of 400+ speakers, shows that variation and change across the grammar of heritage languages resemble the patterns in hegemonic majority languages, contrasting with the simplification/attrition patterns in experimental heritage language studies. Chapters compare patterns across generations, across languages, across ten variables in Cantonese, and between indexical and non-indexical patterns. Heritage language speakers are quoted, showing that this research increases heritage language usage and pride. Providing a tool for language revitalization, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about and/or conducting research on heritage languages.

Nagy, Naomi: - Naomi Nagy is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. She has conducted sociolinguistic fieldwork in Italy, Canada, and the United States. She directs the Heritage Language Variation and Change Project, examining ten heritage languages. Recent publications include Variation at the crossroads: Advancing theory by integrating methods (2017) and Francoprovençal: Documenting contact varieties in Europe and North America (2018).

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