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TY - JOUR
T1 - The (IL)logical problem of heritage speaker bilingualism and incomplete acquisition
AU - Cabo, Diego Pascual Y.
AU - Rothman, Jason
PY - 2012/9/30
Y1 - 2012/9/30
N2 - This Forum challenges and problematizes the term incomplete acquisition, which has been widely used to describe the state of competence of heritage speaker (HS) bilinguals for well over a decade (see, e.g., Montrul, 2008). It is suggested and defended that HS competence, while often different from monolingual peers, is in fact not incomplete (given any reasonable definition by the word incomplete), but simply distinct for reasons related to the realities of their environment.
AB - This Forum challenges and problematizes the term incomplete acquisition, which has been widely used to describe the state of competence of heritage speaker (HS) bilinguals for well over a decade (see, e.g., Montrul, 2008). It is suggested and defended that HS competence, while often different from monolingual peers, is in fact not incomplete (given any reasonable definition by the word incomplete), but simply distinct for reasons related to the realities of their environment.
U2 - 10.1093/applin/ams037
DO - 10.1093/applin/ams037
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84867409717
VL - 33
SP - 450
EP - 455
JO - Applied Linguistics
JF - Applied Linguistics
SN - 0142-6001
IS - 4
ER -