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Geiss, Miriam; Gumbsheimer, Sonja; Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Schmid, Svenja; Kupisch, Tanja – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage language and third language (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production of fortis and lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech in the three languages of 20 heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with German as a majority language and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, German, Italian, English (Second Language)
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Vincze, László; Harwood, Jake – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The present paper investigates the relationship between objective ethnolinguistic vitality, individual networks of linguistic contacts (INLCs) and perceived vitality among German-speaking (N = 415) and Italian-speaking (N = 379) adolescents in South Tyrol, Italy. Supporting our hypothesis, we found that INLC has a greater effect on perceived…
Descriptors: Networks, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Correlation
Pinto, Maria Antonietta; Frassu, Pinuccia – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
After a brief summary of the literature on interference and code switching, research with adult Sardinians living in Rome is discussed to determine the relationship between dialectal phonological interference and the degree of identification with the new culture. (26 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Influences