37.2800, Books: The Role of Cross-Linguistic Influence, Internal Dynamics, and Register in Heritage Speakers' Languages: Iefremenko (2026)

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Date: 01-Sep-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The Role of Cross-Linguistic Influence, Internal Dynamics, and Register in Heritage Speakers' Languages: Iefremenko (2026)


Title: The Role of Cross-Linguistic Influence, Internal Dynamics, and
Register in Heritage Speakers' Languages
Subtitle: Evidence from word order in heritage Turkish and Kurmanji
Kurdish
Series Title: Current Issues in Bilingualism
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/597

Author(s): Kateryna Iefremenko

eBook

Abstract:

This monograph examines sources of variation in the grammars of
heritage speakers, focusing on word order in Turkish and Kurmanji
Kurdish as heritage languages in the contexts of majority German and
majority Turkish. By bringing together the relatively well-studied
case of heritage Turkish and the less extensively researched case of
heritage Kurdish, the study develops a comparative framework for
identifying mechanisms that shape heritage grammars. It evaluates
several explanatory factors, including cross-linguistic influence,
language-internal dynamics, and register. The analysis also moves
beyond a monolingual–bilingual contrast by including bilingual
speakers for whom Turkish serves as the societal majority language,
thereby shifting the focus from bilingualism per se to the role of a
language’s societal status as heritage or majority. In sum, the
findings demonstrate that register is a central factor shaping
variation in word order of heritage Turkish, whereas cross-linguistic
influence plays a more prominent role in heritage Kurdish. More
broadly, the study underscores the need to expand the empirical scope
of heritage language research to include a wider range of languages
and sociolinguistic settings, fostering closer dialogue with studies
of minoritized languages and multilingual language communities.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Kurdish (kur)
                     Turkish (tur, nucl1301)

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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