Morphosyntactic restructuring in a border-shift context
A production study in heritage Slovene
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 19480970 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Arthur Stepanov (0000-0001-8156-0541, University of Nova Gorica), Matic Pavlič (0000-0001-8248-8860, University of Ljubljana), Sara Andreetta (0000-0002-8067-2629, University of Udine), Penka Stateva (0000-0003-1658-4031, University of Nova Gorica) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-04-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1879-9264 • E-ISSN: 1879-9272 |
| Editorial | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/lab.25022.ste |
| OpenAlex | W7152546857 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 48 |
Heritage language research has predominantly examined immigrant communities where cross border relocation reduces input and typically renders the heritage language ‘weaker’. This study instead examines heritage Slovene in a non immigrant, border shift context, where speakers remain in place but are incorporated into a new state creating an ‘in situ’ heritage setting with different input dynamics. We compare two such Italian communities, Gorizia–Trieste and Natisone, which differ in the degree of schooling and broader institutional support for Slovene. Using a production task targeting Genitive of Negation and pronominal clitic placement, we compare heritage and monolingual speakers. The Gorizia–Trieste group benefiting from sustained institutional backing patterns closely with monolinguals, whereas the Natisone group shows restructuring in Genitive of Negation and elevated clitic omission, consistent with reduced input and increased processing demands. These results indicate that in border shift settings, strong institutional support can mitigate heritage divergence and challenge simple ‘strong vs. weak language’ characterizations, with some communities approaching balanced bilingual profiles
Clitic · Context (archaeology) · Divergence (linguistics) · Genitive case · Heritage language · Negation · Relocation · Restructuring · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
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| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |