Derivational complexity vs. transfer effects: Long-distance wh-movement in heritage and L2 grammars

H Hopp, MT Putnam, N Vosburg - Linguistic Approaches to …, 2019 - jbe-platform.com
We investigate whether non-target wh-questions in heritage Low German and L2 English
speakers are due primarily to cross-linguistic transfer or the reduction of grammatical …

Definiteness marking in American Norwegian: a unique pattern among the Scandinavian languages

Y van Baal - The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics, 2023 - Springer
This paper examines definiteness marking in American Norwegian (AmNo), a heritage
variety of Norwegian spoken in the US. The description adds another language to the much …

Syntax of heritage languages

T Lohndal - The Cambridge handbook of heritage languages and …, 2021 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
In research on heritage speakers, it is often observed that areas of core syntax tend to be
resilient and resemble the relevant baseline. This chapter discusses this generalization and …

[PDF][PDF] Is das der Hammer, das du den Traktor gebrochen hast mit? Preposition Stranding in Wisconsin Heritage German

J Bousquette - Selected Proceedings of the 8th Annual Workshop on …, 2018 - lingref.com
This paper examines preposition stranding (p-stranding) in Wisconsin Heritage German
(WHG). English-to-German translation tasks conducted with eight English-WHG bilingual …

[HTML][HTML] You take the low road and I'll take the high road: Variation in agreement structure in Wisconsin Heritage German

J Bousquette - Journal of Language Contact, 2018 - brill.com
This article presents on interviews with 10 bilingual speakers of American English and
Wisconsin Heritage German (whg), with respect to their licensing of high (np 1) versus low …

[HTML][HTML] The Descent of English: West Germanic, Any Way You Slice It

C Font-Santiago, J Salmons - Language Dynamics and Change, 2016 - brill.com
The Descent of English in: Language Dynamics and Change Volume 6 Issue 1 (2016)
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[引用][C] Heritage Language, Creole Language: Incomplete Acquisition and Modern Language Contact Typology

J McWhorter - Heritage Language Journal, 2020 - brill.com
The goal of this position paper is ultimately to examine the implications of findings in creole
studies for the study of heritage languages. A trend in modern creolist thought implies that …