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TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the nature and outcomes of early bilingualism
T2 - Romance languages as heritage languages
AU - Rothman, Jason
PY - 2009/6/30
Y1 - 2009/6/30
N2 - In this introduction to the special issue on Romance languages as heritage languages, I aim to contextualize the scope of this issue and the contribution it makes to the emerging field of linguistic studies to heritage language bilingualism. Key issues pertaining to the empirical study and epistemology of heritage language bilingualism are presented as well as a critical introduction to the individual articles that comprise this issue.
AB - In this introduction to the special issue on Romance languages as heritage languages, I aim to contextualize the scope of this issue and the contribution it makes to the emerging field of linguistic studies to heritage language bilingualism. Key issues pertaining to the empirical study and epistemology of heritage language bilingualism are presented as well as a critical introduction to the individual articles that comprise this issue.
KW - Acquisition
KW - Attrition
KW - Bilingualism
KW - Heritage language
KW - Incomplete
KW - Speakers
U2 - 10.1177/1367006909339814
DO - 10.1177/1367006909339814
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:77951286050
VL - 13
SP - 153
EP - 163
JO - International Journal of Bilingualism
JF - International Journal of Bilingualism
SN - 1367-0069
IS - 2
ER -