Heritage Welsh: a study of heritage language as the outcome of minority language acquisition and bilingualism

This dissertation analyzes the language used by 20 adult heritage Welsh speakers now living in London, i.e., bilinguals who shifted to English dominance in childhood, and whose Welsh proficiencies now show divergences from baseline norms as a result of incomplete acquisition and attrition. The gramm...

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Main Author: Boon, Erin Diane
Other Authors: McKenna, Catherine
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11425
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12269827