Adolescence as a “critical period” in the heritage language use. Polish in Germany

In the article, we consider the impact of adolescence upon the usage of Polish in Polish-German bilinguals raised and living in Germany and demonstrate how adolescence surfaces as a socially based “critical period” in this usage using results from a survey and interviews conducted with 30 teenagers....

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Main Author: Pułaczewska Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-06-01
Series:Open Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0019