Input effects across domains The case of Greek subjects in child heritage language

• Published in: Second language research Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 421 - 445
• Main Authors: Daskalaki, Evangelia, Chondrogianni, Vasiliki, Blom, Elma, Argyri, Froso, Paradis, Johanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.07.2019; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adolescents; Age Differences; Bilingualism; Children; Correlation; Discourse structure; English; English (Second Language); English language; Foreign Countries; Greek; Greek language; Heritage Education; Heritage language; Hypotheses; Intelligence Tests; Interference (Language); Language; Language acquisition; Language Proficiency; Language Usage; Linguistic Input; Linguistic Theory; Morphology (Languages); Morphosyntax; Pragmatics; Scoring; Second Language Learning; Syntactic structures; Syntax; Verbal Ability; Vocabulary; Greece; Canada; New York (New York); heritage language use; child heritage language acquisition; Interface Hypothesis; syntax–discourse interface; narrow syntax; input and output effect; subject use in Greek

A recurring question in the literature of heritage language acquisition, and more generally of bilingual acquisition, is whether all linguistic domains are sensitive to input reduction and to cross-linguistic influence and to what extent. According to the Interface Hypothesis, morphosyntactic phenom...