@inbook{fe11a0f784b64052a466acf2090320ea,
title = "Heritage language speakers inform the critical period hypothesis for first and second language acquisition",
abstract = "This chapter considers how heritage language speakers, bilinguals exposed to their L1 since birth either exclusively or simultaneously with the majority language, shed new light on the role of age in language acquisition. Investigating the ultimate attainment of bilinguals with early and late exposure to their L1 and L2 helps disentangle how the roles of previous linguistic knowledge and of quantity and quality of input interact with age of onset of bilingualism. Comparing the linguistic and processing abilities of heritage speakers and L2 learners allows us to understand how the timing of input interacts with situational factors and elucidates the developmental schedule of different modules of the grammar. Early exposure is critical for aspects of phonology, syntax, and morphology.",
keywords = "age effects, heritage language acquisition, morphology, phonology, processing, second language acquisition, simultaneous bilingualism, syntax",
author = "Silvina Montrul",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 John Benjamins Publishing Company. All rights reserved.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1075/lald.67.11mon",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Language Acquisition and Language Disorders",
publisher = "John Benjamins Publishing Company",
pages = "265--286",
editor = "Tania Leal and Elena Shimanskaya and Isabelli, {Casilde A.}",
booktitle = "Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism. Features, interfaces, and beyond. Selected proceedings of the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference",
address = "Netherlands",
}