A new look at heritage Spanish and its speakers
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Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
Abstract
In this chapter we advocate for the value of new forms of observation for characterizing the Spanish of heritage speakers in the United States. As is widely recognized, Spanish acquired in bilingual contexts is different from Spanish acquired in monolingual settings; and, yet, the nature of bilingual U.S. Spanish has not been adequately documented, even as the field of heritage language studies advances. Here, we motivate the need to more accurately describe heritage Spanish and to quantify variation in heritage Spanish speech. More importantly, we propose a means of doing so; specifically, we endorse a corpus-based approach, which allows for baselines that are vital in informing heritage Spanish research.
Abstract
In this chapter we advocate for the value of new forms of observation for characterizing the Spanish of heritage speakers in the United States. As is widely recognized, Spanish acquired in bilingual contexts is different from Spanish acquired in monolingual settings; and, yet, the nature of bilingual U.S. Spanish has not been adequately documented, even as the field of heritage language studies advances. Here, we motivate the need to more accurately describe heritage Spanish and to quantify variation in heritage Spanish speech. More importantly, we propose a means of doing so; specifically, we endorse a corpus-based approach, which allows for baselines that are vital in informing heritage Spanish research.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
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Introduction
- Charting the past, present, and future of Spanish heritage language research 1
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Unit 1: Formal approaches to Spanish as a Heritage Language
- Formal linguistic approaches to heritage language acquisition 13
- A new look at heritage Spanish and its speakers 27
- On the nuclear intonational phonology of heritage speakers of Spanish 51
- Relative clause attachment preferences in early and late Spanish-English bilinguals 81
- Losing your case? Dative experiencers in Mexican Spanish and heritage speakers in the United States 99
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Unit 2: Educational approaches to Spanish as a heritage language
- Current issues in Spanish heritage language education 127
- Advances in Spanish heritage language assessment 143
- A general framework and supporting strategies for teaching mixed classes 159
- Understanding identity among Spanish heritage learners 177
- Heritage language healing? Learners’ attitudes and damage control in a heritage language classroom 205
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Unit 3: Future lines of development in heritage language education
- Emerging trends with heritage language instructional practices 221
- New directions in heritage language pedagogy 237
- Heritage language learning in study abroad 259
- Online courses for heritage learners 281
- Flipping the classroom 299
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Afterword
- Looking ahead 325
- Author Index 347
- Subject Index 351
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
-
Introduction
- Charting the past, present, and future of Spanish heritage language research 1
-
Unit 1: Formal approaches to Spanish as a Heritage Language
- Formal linguistic approaches to heritage language acquisition 13
- A new look at heritage Spanish and its speakers 27
- On the nuclear intonational phonology of heritage speakers of Spanish 51
- Relative clause attachment preferences in early and late Spanish-English bilinguals 81
- Losing your case? Dative experiencers in Mexican Spanish and heritage speakers in the United States 99
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Unit 2: Educational approaches to Spanish as a heritage language
- Current issues in Spanish heritage language education 127
- Advances in Spanish heritage language assessment 143
- A general framework and supporting strategies for teaching mixed classes 159
- Understanding identity among Spanish heritage learners 177
- Heritage language healing? Learners’ attitudes and damage control in a heritage language classroom 205
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Unit 3: Future lines of development in heritage language education
- Emerging trends with heritage language instructional practices 221
- New directions in heritage language pedagogy 237
- Heritage language learning in study abroad 259
- Online courses for heritage learners 281
- Flipping the classroom 299
-
Afterword
- Looking ahead 325
- Author Index 347
- Subject Index 351
