The production of preverbal and postverbal subjects by Italian heritage children: Timing of acquisition matters

Heritage language (HL) speakers seem to diverge from monolingual speakers in the acquisition of syntax–discourse interface phenomena. However, most of the studies reporting this finding do not make any distinction between different types of syntax–discourse interface structures. Therefore, it is an...

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Published in:	First language Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 431 - 460
Main Authors:	Listanti, Andrea, Torregrossa, Jacopo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2023 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Acquisition Age Differences Bilingualism Children Contrastive Linguistics Correlation Cultural Background Cultural heritage Difficulty Level Discourse Discourse Analysis Dominance Elementary School Students Foreign Countries German German language Grammar Heritage Education Heritage language Interference (Language) Italian Italian language Language Acquisition Language Dominance Language Tests Mastery Learning Monolingualism Narration Native Language Second Language Learning Secondary School Students Speech Communication Story Telling Syntactic structures Syntax Syntax discourse relationship Task Analysis Verbs Vocabulary Development Germany heritage Italian word order postverbal subject Syntax–discourse interface timing in monolingual acquisition
ISSN:	0142-7237, 1740-2344
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