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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

By
Rajiv Rao  and
Maria Polinsky
Edited by
Rajiv Rao
Rajiv Rao
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Summary

This introduction to the volume provides background on common themes that appear across its chapters. First, it contextualizes the notions of heritage languages and heritage speakers before providing reasons why research on heritage sound systems has lagged behind work on other linguistic areas. It then offers an overview of what we have discovered to date about heritage sound systems, while also pointing out gaps and topics that merit further exploration. Motivated by the discussion in the first portion of this piece, the latter half covers the breadth, goals, and novel aspects of the current volume before providing brief summaries of the empirical studies carried out in each of its seventeen chapters.

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bilingualismheritage languageL2 learnernative speakerphoneticsphonologysound systems
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages , pp. 1 - 15
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Rajiv Rao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
  • Online publication: 15 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966986.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Rajiv Rao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
  • Online publication: 15 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966986.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Rajiv Rao, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages
  • Online publication: 15 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966986.001
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