Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- 15 Heritage Language Research and Theoretical Linguistics
- 16 The Emergence of Heritage Language
- 17 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Heritage Languages
- 18 The Psycholinguistics of Heritage Languages
- 19 Contact Linguistics and Heritage Languages
- 20 A Narrative-Ethnographic Approach to Research on Heritage Language Development
- 21 Corpus-Based Methodologies in the Study of Heritage Languages
- 22 Current Trends and Emerging Methodologies in Charting Heritage Language Grammars
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- Index
- References
17 - Sociolinguistic Approaches to Heritage Languages
from Part II - Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- 15 Heritage Language Research and Theoretical Linguistics
- 16 The Emergence of Heritage Language
- 17 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Heritage Languages
- 18 The Psycholinguistics of Heritage Languages
- 19 Contact Linguistics and Heritage Languages
- 20 A Narrative-Ethnographic Approach to Research on Heritage Language Development
- 21 Corpus-Based Methodologies in the Study of Heritage Languages
- 22 Current Trends and Emerging Methodologies in Charting Heritage Language Grammars
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of the sociolinguistic dimensions of heritage language acquisition and use across a variety of settings. Principal theoretical concepts and methodological approaches that address macro, meso, and micro level considerations, including history, context, community, and culture as well as identity, investment, and ideology are described. It considers ‘the social turn’ in language acquisition research more broadly and explains its relationship to heritage language studies, highlighting, in particular, linguistic variability. The chapter identifies key trends in the fields of heritage language acquisition and socialization, and describes the crucial impact of social variables such as generation, social class, ethnicity and race, and gender and sexuality in processes of heritage language acquisition and use. Finally, potential future areas of research focused on the sociolinguistic realities of heritage language users and their communities are highlighted. Overall, this chapter provides readers a glimpse into the sociolinguistic complexity of heritage language speakers, learners, and their communities.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics , pp. 423 - 448Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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