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T1 - Ultimate attainment in the use of collocations among heritage speakers of Turkish in Germany and Turkish-German returnees
AU - Treffers-Daller, Jeanine
AU - Daller, Michael
AU - Furman, Reyhan
AU - Rothman, Jason
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Copyright Cambridge University Press 2015.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - In this paper we show that heritage speakers and returnees are fundamentally different from the majority of adult second language learners with respect to their use of collocations (Laufer & Waldman, 2011). We compare the use of lexical collocations involving yap- do and et- do among heritage speakers of Turkish in Germany (n = 45) with those found among Turkish returnees (n = 65) and Turkish monolinguals (n = 69). Language use by returnees is an understudied resource although this group can provide crucial insights into the specific language ability of heritage speakers. Results show that returnees who had been back for one year avoid collocations with yap- and use some hypercorrect forms in et-, whilst returnees who had been back for seven years at the time of recording produce collocations that are quantitatively and qualitatively similar to those of monolingual speakers of Turkish. We discuss implications for theories of ultimate attainment and incomplete acquisition in heritage speakers.
AB - In this paper we show that heritage speakers and returnees are fundamentally different from the majority of adult second language learners with respect to their use of collocations (Laufer & Waldman, 2011). We compare the use of lexical collocations involving yap- do and et- do among heritage speakers of Turkish in Germany (n = 45) with those found among Turkish returnees (n = 65) and Turkish monolinguals (n = 69). Language use by returnees is an understudied resource although this group can provide crucial insights into the specific language ability of heritage speakers. Results show that returnees who had been back for one year avoid collocations with yap- and use some hypercorrect forms in et-, whilst returnees who had been back for seven years at the time of recording produce collocations that are quantitatively and qualitatively similar to those of monolingual speakers of Turkish. We discuss implications for theories of ultimate attainment and incomplete acquisition in heritage speakers.
KW - Heritage language
KW - incomplete acquisition
KW - returnees
KW - Turkish
KW - ultimate attainment
U2 - 10.1017/S1366728915000139
DO - 10.1017/S1366728915000139
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84929692098
VL - 19
SP - 504
EP - 519
JO - Bilingualism
JF - Bilingualism
SN - 1366-7289
IS - 3
ER -