Attrition and reactivation of a childhood language: the case of returnee heritage speakers

This paper discusses the dynamic nature of childhood bilingualism by analyzing oral speech from returnee heritage speakers (HSs) of Portuguese, who grew up in Germany, but moved to Portugal in childhood/adolescence. The first set of data from 14 speakers show that the length of exposure to German pr...

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Main Author: Flores, Cristina (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60332
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/60332