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- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- 23 Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- 24 Morphology of Heritage Languages
- 25 Syntax of Heritage Languages
- 26 Semantics of Heritage Languages
- 27 Discourse and Information Structure in Heritage Languages
- 28 Pragmatics in Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- Index
- References
26 - Semantics of Heritage Languages
from Part III - Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- 23 Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
- 24 Morphology of Heritage Languages
- 25 Syntax of Heritage Languages
- 26 Semantics of Heritage Languages
- 27 Discourse and Information Structure in Heritage Languages
- 28 Pragmatics in Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of the research on semantics and related interface phenomena in heritage language grammars, focusing on three main questions: (i) whether the phenomena under investigation are subject to incomplete acquisition and/or attrition in heritage language grammars; (ii) whether heritage language grammars are subject to cross-linguistic influence from the dominant language; and (iii) whether interface phenomena are particularly vulnerable in incomplete acquisition and/or attrition. These questions are investigated in four linguistic domains that fall at the interface between syntax and semantics where there has been a substantial body of research with heritage speakers: semantics of the verbal domain, such as tense/aspect and unaccusativity; semantics of the nominal domain, such as definiteness and genericity; semantics of subject and object expression, including binding and case-marking; and quantifier semantics.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics , pp. 668 - 690Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021