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Publication details [#60429]
Nagy, Naomi. 2015. A sociolinguistic view of null subjects and VOT in Toronto heritage languages. Lingua 164 (B) : 309–327.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
Elsevier
Journal WWW
Annotation
Null subjects are examined in Heritage Cantonese, Italian and Russian and Voice Onset Time in Heritage Italian, Russian and Ukrainian across three generations in Toronto. Lack of correlation with language contact, use and attitude rates makes it hard to read these variation patterns as evidence of either partial acquisition or attrition.