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Chapter 9. Perceived global accent in Turkish heritage speakers in Germany

The impact of exposure and use for early bilinguals
  • Tanja Kupisch , Anika Lloyd-Smith and Ilse Stangen
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Studies in Turkish as a Heritage Language
This chapter is in the book Studies in Turkish as a Heritage Language

Abstract

This chapter is concerned with Turkish heritage speakers (HSs) in Germany, here exemplified by 21 early bilinguals during adulthood who live in Hamburg, North Germany. We introduce the population, report their self-perceived proficiency and propose the Turkish Use Score (TUS) that is based on quantitative aspects of language use (e.g., the number of people Turkish is spoken with) and qualitative ones (e.g., schooling in Turkish). In the remainder of the paper, we focus on the perceived accent of these speakers in German and Turkish, discussing the role of Age of Onset (AoO) in German vs. amount of Turkish use. The results show a strong correlation between Turkish use and perceived nativeness in Turkish, while no role of AoO is evident for accent in either language. Our data further suggested a weak (but non-significant) relation between high Turkish use and sounding more foreign in German.

Abstract

This chapter is concerned with Turkish heritage speakers (HSs) in Germany, here exemplified by 21 early bilinguals during adulthood who live in Hamburg, North Germany. We introduce the population, report their self-perceived proficiency and propose the Turkish Use Score (TUS) that is based on quantitative aspects of language use (e.g., the number of people Turkish is spoken with) and qualitative ones (e.g., schooling in Turkish). In the remainder of the paper, we focus on the perceived accent of these speakers in German and Turkish, discussing the role of Age of Onset (AoO) in German vs. amount of Turkish use. The results show a strong correlation between Turkish use and perceived nativeness in Turkish, while no role of AoO is evident for accent in either language. Our data further suggested a weak (but non-significant) relation between high Turkish use and sounding more foreign in German.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface. Issues in heritage language research vii
  4. Chapter 1. Turkish as a heritage language 1
  5. Part I. Lexicon
  6. Chapter 2. Turkish heritage speakers in Germany 17
  7. Chapter 3. Correlates of Turkish vocabulary in adolescent Turkish heritage language learners in Germany 39
  8. Chapter 4. The effects of heritage language experience on lexical and morphosyntactic outcomes 63
  9. Part II. Morphosyntax
  10. Chapter 5. Convergence in the encoding of motion events in heritage Turkish in Germany 87
  11. Chapter 6. First language exposure predicts attrition patterns in Turkish heritage speakers’ use of grammatical evidentiality 105
  12. Chapter 7. Investigating the effects of L1 proficiency and CLI 127
  13. Chapter 8. Subordination in children acquiring Turkish as a heritage language in Sweden 155
  14. Part III. Corpus studies
  15. Chapter 9. Perceived global accent in Turkish heritage speakers in Germany 207
  16. Chapter 10. Turkish in Germany 229
  17. Chapter 11. Contemporary urban Turkey-Turkish in the German-Turkish classroom 265
  18. Index 285
https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.60.09kup

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface. Issues in heritage language research vii
  4. Chapter 1. Turkish as a heritage language 1
  5. Part I. Lexicon
  6. Chapter 2. Turkish heritage speakers in Germany 17
  7. Chapter 3. Correlates of Turkish vocabulary in adolescent Turkish heritage language learners in Germany 39
  8. Chapter 4. The effects of heritage language experience on lexical and morphosyntactic outcomes 63
  9. Part II. Morphosyntax
  10. Chapter 5. Convergence in the encoding of motion events in heritage Turkish in Germany 87
  11. Chapter 6. First language exposure predicts attrition patterns in Turkish heritage speakers’ use of grammatical evidentiality 105
  12. Chapter 7. Investigating the effects of L1 proficiency and CLI 127
  13. Chapter 8. Subordination in children acquiring Turkish as a heritage language in Sweden 155
  14. Part III. Corpus studies
  15. Chapter 9. Perceived global accent in Turkish heritage speakers in Germany 207
  16. Chapter 10. Turkish in Germany 229
  17. Chapter 11. Contemporary urban Turkey-Turkish in the German-Turkish classroom 265
  18. Index 285
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