Chapter published in:
Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
[Studies in Bilingualism 58] 2019
► pp. 141–160

Chapter 7
Heritage language phenomena and what triggers them

Article outline
  • 7.1Introduction
  • 7.2Phenomena studied
    • 7.2.1Phonology
    • 7.2.2Lexicon
      • Loan translation
      • Loan extension
    • 7.2.3Morphology
    • 7.2.4Syntax
  • 7.3Language internal factors: Changes in the input for new generations of speakers
    • 7.3.1Order of acquisition
    • 7.3.2Frequency
    • 7.3.3Optionality
    • 7.3.4Restricted use
  • 7.4Cross-linguistic influence: External factors
    • 7.4.1Filter of grammatical categories via the dominant language
    • 7.4.2Convergence through a shift in distribution
    • 7.4.3Loan translations and semantic extensions
    • 7.4.4Contact induced grammaticalization or additive borrowing
  • 7.5Comparing internal and external factors
  • 7.6Summary