Native speakers, interrupted : differential object marking and language change in heritage languages /

• Main Author: Montrul, Silvina (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
• Subjects: Διγλωσσία > Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής; Γλωσσική αλλαγή > Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής; Ισπανική γλώσσα > Μορφοσύνταξη; Ινδουστανική γλώσσα; Ρουμανική γλώσσα

"A heritage language is the term given to a language spoken at home by bilingual children of immigrant parents. Written by a leading figure in the field, this pioneering, in-depth study brings together three heritage languages - Hindu, Spanish, and Romanian - spoken in the United States. It dem...

Table of Contents:

• On heritage speakers as native speakers
• Structural changes in heritage language grammars
• Differential object marking
• Language change and the acquisition of differential object marking
• The vulnerability of differential object marking in three heritage languages
• Differential object marking in Spanish as a heritage language
• Differential object marking in Hindi as a heritage language
• Differential object marking and clitic doubling in Romanian as a heritage language
• Comparing the three heritage languages
• Intergenerational transmission
• Implications.