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Publication details [#66509]

Boers, Frank and Khadijeh Gharibi. 2019. Influential factors in lexical richness of young heritage speakers’ family language: Iranians in New Zealand. International Journal of Bilingualism 23 (2) : 381–399.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

This inquiry explores the level to which young Persian heritage speakers’ oral narratives in their first language (L1) differ from monolinguals’ narratives with regard to lexical richness (lexical diversity and lexical sophistication). It also examines which demographic factors (age, age at emigration and length of emigration) and/or socio-linguistic factors (frequency of heritage language use and parental attitudes toward heritage language maintenance) account for the differences.