“I no longer count in German.” On dominance shift in returnee heritage speakers

IF 2.4 2区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Applied Psycholinguistics Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1017/S0142716422000261

Cristina Flores, Chao Zhou, Carina Eira

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Abstract This study analyzes the degree of language balance in three groups of bilingual speakers of Portuguese and German: a group of Portuguese heritage speakers (HSs) living in Germany, another who returned to Portugal, and Portuguese late learners of German L2. Based on the DIALANG vocabulary size placement test, applied in German and in Portuguese, and on extralinguistic variables extracted from a background questionnaire, the results confirm high degrees of unbalanced language dominance favoring the societal language (SL) in HSs without the experience of return, and a leveling of language dominance in returnees. Language balance in returnees is the consequence of some loss of proficiency in the former SL (German) and reactivation of the heritage language (Portuguese). Current relative amount of contact with the two languages is correlated with language dominance only in the HSs and the late L2 speaker groups, whereas age of return and length of residence in Portugal explain language dominance in returnees. Self-reported proficiency is also predictive of language dominance and may be taken as complementary indicator.

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“我不再用德语说话了。”论海归传统演讲者的主导地位转变

摘要本研究分析了三组葡萄牙语和德语双语使用者的语言平衡程度：一组居住在德国的葡萄牙语传统使用者（HSs）、另一组返回葡萄牙的人和德语二语的葡萄牙语后期学习者。基于德语和葡萄牙语的DIALANG词汇大小位置测试，以及从背景问卷中提取的语言外变量，结果证实，在没有回归经历的HSs中，语言主导度高度不平衡，有利于社会语言（SL），回归者的语言主导度持平。回返者的语言平衡是由于丧失了对前SL（德语）的熟练程度和恢复了传统语言（葡萄牙语）。目前与这两种语言的相对接触量仅与HSs和后期二语使用者群体的语言优势相关，而返回葡萄牙的年龄和居住时间可以解释返回者的语言优势。自我报告的熟练程度也可以预测语言优势，可以作为补充指标。

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期刊介绍： Applied Psycholinguistics publishes original research papers on the psychological processes involved in language. It examines language development , language use and language disorders in adults and children with a particular emphasis on cross-language studies. The journal gathers together the best work from a variety of disciplines including linguistics, psychology, reading, education, language learning, speech and hearing, and neurology. In addition to research reports, theoretical reviews will be considered for publication as will keynote articles and commentaries.