Chapter published in:
Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
[Studies in Bilingualism 58] 2019
► pp. 23–42

Chapter 2
History of the field of heritage language studies

Article outline
  • 2.1Introduction
  • 2.2The perspective of the diaspora languages
    • 2.2.1Dutch from a diaspora perspective
    • 2.2.2Other diaspora varieties
    • 2.2.3Diaspora studies in a broader perspective
  • 2.3The perspective of the country of immigration
    • 2.3.1The United States
    • 2.3.2Early studies on ethnolects and Canadian HL research
    • 2.3.3Case studies of HL languages in the United States
      • American Portuguese
      • American Finnish
      • American Greek
    • 2.3.4HLs in Australia
    • 2.3.5The European context
    • 2.3.6Summary
  • 2.4Summary and introduction of the speakers’ perspective