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25 - The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Language Speakers

from Part V - The Diversity of Bilingual Speakers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

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Ji Young Kim
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Mark Amengual
Mark Amengual
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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Summary

Heritage language speakers, or heritage speakers in short, are early sequential or simultaneous bilinguals whose home language, generally a diasporic or an indigenous language, differs from the majority language of the society. The goal of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive background of heritage speakers and their sound systems. It includes a literature review on the phonetics and phonology across heritage languages, particularly those of children of immigrants, in various majority language contexts. The chapter first describes heritage speakers and the general characteristics of their language learning experiences and outcomes. It then reviews studies examining heritage speakers’ global accent and factors contributing to perceived heritage accent. It also presents areas of divergence that have been found in the production and perception of heritage language segments and prosody. Lastly, the chapter synthesizes the findings, discussing common patterns observed in heritage language phonetics and phonology, and suggests areas for future research.

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heritage languageminority languageheritage accentheritage language phonetics and phonologybilingual phonetics and phonologycross-linguistic influenceheritage language segmentsheritage language prosody
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The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Phonetics and Phonology , pp. 560 - 583
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