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First and Second Language Acquisition

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Spanish as a Heritage Language / Second Language

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Key Concepts For Theorizing Spanish As A Heritage Language, Andrew Lynch Dec 2011

Key Concepts For Theorizing Spanish As A Heritage Language, Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

In this chapter, I provide a selective, critical overview of the principal theoretical concepts that have served to frame studies of Spanish as a heritage language in the United States since the 1970s. Among the concepts I consider are: diglossia, standard language, proficiency, register, agency, and generation.

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