Portuguese as Heritage Language in Germany-A Linguistic Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Rinke (0000-0001-9378-9079, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author), Cristina Maria Moreira Flores (0000-0001-5629-9556, University of Minho) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages6010010 |
| OpenAlex | W3119763740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the contribution of linguistic research on Portuguese as a heritage language in Germany to the general understanding of heritage language development. From 1955 to 1973, nearly 166,000 Portuguese migrants found work in Germany as so-called 'guest workers' (Gastarbeiter). Because the aim of many Portuguese migrant families was to return to Portugal, their children met relatively good conditions for the acquisition of their heritage language. Nonetheless, second-generation heritage speakers (HSs) show some linguistic particularities in comparison to monolingual Portuguese speakers in Portugal. Based on the results of previous research, we show that the following factors shape the linguistic knowledge of this group of bilinguals: (1) Restricted exposure to the heritage language may cause a delay in the development of certain linguistic structures, (2) deviations from the standard norm may be related to the lack of formal education and the primacy of the colloquial register and (3) heritage bilinguals may accelerate ongoing diachronic development. We argue that apparent effects of influence from the environmental language can often have alternative explanations
Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Heritage language · Linguistics · Norm (philosophy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Portuguese · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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Bilingual acquisition as the locus of syntactic change
Are heritage speakers one step ahead in ongoing processes of diachronic change
Continuing the development of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives – New language adaptations and empirical investigations
Adapting Main to European Portuguese
Language history on fast forward
Does Timing in Acquisition Modulate Heritage Children's Language Abilities? Evidence from the Greek Litmus Sentence Repetition Task
Portugiesische Migrationen
Heritage Languages and Their Speakers
The Acquisition of Heritage Languages
Syntactic Change
Bilingual first-language development
Bilingual children's long‐term outcomes in English as a second language
Assessing the role of current and cumulative exposure in simultaneous bilingual acquisition
Internal and External Factors in Heritage Language Acquisition
Factors Constraining Subject Expression in European Portuguese Spoken in Hamburg. A Bi-Generational Corpus Investigation
Early, late or very late
Terminology matters! Why difference is not incompleteness and how early child bilinguals are heritage speakers
Disentangling sources of incomplete acquisition
What you hear and what you say
Differences in use without deficiencies in competence
Age and input effects in the acquisition of mood in Heritage Portuguese
Comparing the Outcomes of Early and Late Acquisition of European Portuguese
Migration and Migration Policy
The Role of Input Factors in the Lexical Development of European Portuguese as a Heritage Language in Portuguese–German Bilingual Speakers
Heritage languages and their speakers
Heritage speaker competence differences, language change, and input type
Abductive and Deductive Change
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |