Research in Heritage Speaker Bilingualism

Amelia Tseng is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Spanish at American University, USA, where she directs the Linguistics Program. She serves on the editorial board of Revista Bilingüe/Bilingual Review.Charles B. Chang is Professor of Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He serves as Associate Editor for Second Language Research and is on the editorial board of the Korean Journal of Linguistics.Tania Leal is Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Arizona, USA. She is Associate Editor for Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism and contributes to the editorial board of Second Language Research.Jin Sook Lee is Professor of Education and an Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She serves on numerous editorial boards including the International Multilingual Research Journal and Bilingual Research Journal.Belem G. López* is a Social Scientist in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Program at the National Weather Service and was previously an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. *Dr. López contributed to this volume in her personal capacity. The views expressed are her own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Program, Office of Science and Technology Integration, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Commerce, or the United States government.

• Acknowledgements1 Introduction to Heritage Language Research and Key Theoretical Constructs2 Online Methods for Examining Heritage Speaker Morphosyntax 3 Offline Methods for Examining Heritage Speaker Morphosyntax 4 Examining Heritage Language Speech Production5 Examining Heritage Language Speech Perception6 Statistical Considerations in the Study of Heritage Bilingual Speakers7 Language Brokers and Heritage Language Speakers8 Heritage Language Maintenance in Families and Communities9 Heritage Language Education10 Heritage Language Identity11 Language Attitudes and Ideology12 ConclusionIndex