A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

Languages and Their Speakers provides an introduction both to languages themselves and to their social functions. Written especially for nonlinguistics majors,

An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research

This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a w

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet wi