German as a Heritage Language
Contact, Variation and Maintenance

By (author) Claudia Maria Riehl

ISBN13: 9781009590471

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 28/02/2026

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Description
Introduction; 1. The German language worldwide: history of migration; 2. Types of heritage language varieties and research design; 3. Language contact and language attrition in minority and migrant settings; 4. Transference within lexical-based constructions; 5. Grammatical changes: developments in case morphology; 6. Grammatical changes: word order patterns; 7. Restructuring and emerging constructions; 8. Pragmatic developments: discourse marking; 9. Socio-psychological factors: language awareness and language attitudes; 10. Conclusion; References; Index.
  • Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)
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