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 …

Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume
for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated …

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 …

This study tested the hypothesis that heritage speakers of a minority language, due to their
childhood experience with two languages, would outperform late learners in producing …

One of the chief characteristics of heritage speakers is that they range in proficiency from
“overhearers” to “native” speakers. To date, the vast majority of linguistic and …

The present study investigates the acoustic correlates of the Spanish tap-trill phonological
contrast (/ɾ/-/r/) in the production of 40 Spanish heritage speakers and 20 L2 Spanish …

Research on the linguistic knowledge of heritage speakers has been concerned primarily
with the advantages conferred by heritage language experience in production, perception …

It is known that adult language learners often struggle to accurately pronounce unfamiliar
sounds in the target language, but the extent and duration of the linguistic experience is …

This study examines the phonetic and phonological knowledge of Spanish and English/l/by
early and late Spanish-English bilinguals along a continuum of language dominance. Forty …

Numerous studies of L1 acquisition demonstrate that language-specific phonological
perception is largely driven by innate learning programs and is accomplished very early in …