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 …

Herein, we contextualize, problematize, and offer some insights for moving beyond the
problem of monolingual comparative normativity in (psycho) linguistic research on …

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 …

We argue for a perspective on bilingual heritage speakers as native speakers of both their
languages and present results from a large-scale, cross-linguistic study that took such a …

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 …

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 …

According to the Critical Period Hypothesis, successful language learning is optimal during
early childhood, whereas language learning outside of this time window is unsuccessful. In …

It has been suggested that the parents of heritage speakers (2nd generation immigrants),
who are the main source of input to them, may exhibit first-language (L1) attrition in their …

The present study investigated lexical production and innovation of 202 participants across
six groups: child and adult heritage speakers of Russian, dominant in Hebrew or American …

In this article, we discuss the perceptions of researchers who work on heritage language
bilingualism (HLB), educators who teach heritage speakers (HSs), and, crucially, HSs …