Heritage Languages and their Speakers Paperback / softback
by Maria (University of Maryland, College Park) Polinsky
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages, 16 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 48 Line drawings, black and whi
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2020
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- ISBN:9781107642966
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:432 pages, 16 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 48 Line drawings, black and whi
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107642966
