This paper discusses a common reality in many cases of multilingualism: heritage speakers,
or unbalanced bilinguals, simultaneous or sequential, who shifted early in childhood from …

A heritage language is a sociopolitically minority and/or minoritized language acquired as
the first or one of the first languages in a bilingual or multilingual context. Heritage …

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 …

With a growing interest in heritage languages from researchers of bilingualism and linguistic
theory, the field of heritage-language studies has begun to build on its empirical …

Though the term NATIVE SPEAKER/SIGNER is frequently used in language research, it is
inconsistently conceptualized. Factors, such as age, order, and context of acquisition, in …

Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to
socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage …

This paper integrates research on child simultaneous bilingual acquisition more directly into
the heritage language acquisition literature. The child simultaneous bilingual literature …

The study of bilingualism has a history that extends from deciphering ancient multilingual
texts to mapping the structure of the multilingual brain. The language experiences of …

Using the lenses of bilingualism and social justice, I reflect on relevant conceptual and
methodological issues encountered in the study of the linguistic development of heritage …

Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in
Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also …