Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory
This volume explores a wide range of structural phenomena in typologically diverse heritage languages using current Minimalist theoretical approaches. Heritage languages have been the focus of extensive research in the last three decades; by virtue of their inherent diversity stemming from initial l...
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| description | This volume explores a wide range of structural phenomena in typologically diverse heritage languages using current Minimalist theoretical approaches. Heritage languages have been the focus of extensive research in the last three decades; by virtue of their inherent diversity stemming from initial learning conditions, they pose significant challenges to traditional methods of linguistic description that rely on uniform conceptions of what “knowledge of language” should be. Despite the existence of inter- and intra-speaker variation in the grammars of heritage languages, there are also significant shared development trends and structural outcomes that cannot be considered to be purely circumstantial. The studies presented in this volume illustrate the practicality and usefulness of subjecting domains of heritage language syntax to rigorous formal analysis. The chapters also have implications for theory-building efforts within the current Minimalist landscape; they force a reassessment of our understanding of the ideal speaker-hearer (Chomsky 1965) in the context of bi- and multi-competent individuals and communities. In line with recent trends in contemporary Minimalism that largely eschew the notion of traditional parameters and an enriched view of Universal Grammar, the integration of heritage languages into syntactic theory adds an important piece of the puzzle relating to linguistic competence. The volume also in some respects calls for a re-evaluation of the prevailing stance that the syntax of heritage languages is predominantly immune to significant decay or change. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1534862025-05-09T10:23:22Z Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory D'Alessandro, Roberta Putnam, Michael T. Terenghi, Silvia heritage languages, Minimalist theoretical approaches, heritage-language syntax, syntactic theory, variation This volume explores a wide range of structural phenomena in typologically diverse heritage languages using current Minimalist theoretical approaches. Heritage languages have been the focus of extensive research in the last three decades; by virtue of their inherent diversity stemming from initial learning conditions, they pose significant challenges to traditional methods of linguistic description that rely on uniform conceptions of what “knowledge of language” should be. Despite the existence of inter- and intra-speaker variation in the grammars of heritage languages, there are also significant shared development trends and structural outcomes that cannot be considered to be purely circumstantial. The studies presented in this volume illustrate the practicality and usefulness of subjecting domains of heritage language syntax to rigorous formal analysis. The chapters also have implications for theory-building efforts within the current Minimalist landscape; they force a reassessment of our understanding of the ideal speaker-hearer (Chomsky 1965) in the context of bi- and multi-competent individuals and communities. In line with recent trends in contemporary Minimalism that largely eschew the notion of traditional parameters and an enriched view of Universal Grammar, the integration of heritage languages into syntactic theory adds an important piece of the puzzle relating to linguistic competence. The volume also in some respects calls for a re-evaluation of the prevailing stance that the syntax of heritage languages is predominantly immune to significant decay or change. 2025-03-04T04:20:42Z 2025-03-04T04:20:42Z 2025-03-03T11:11:22Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99126 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153486 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99126/1/9780198876182.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99126/1/9780198876182.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/9780191987731.001.0001 10.1093/9780191987731.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 H2020 European Research Council 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection 273 Oxford 681959 Microcontact open access |
| spellingShingle | heritage languages, Minimalist theoretical approaches, heritage-language syntax, syntactic theory, variation Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory |
| title | Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory |
| title_full | Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory |
| title_short | Heritage Languages and Syntactic Theory |
| title_sort | heritage languages and syntactic theory |
| topic | heritage languages, Minimalist theoretical approaches, heritage-language syntax, syntactic theory, variation |
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