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November 13, 2025Bilingualism Language and CognitionOpen Access

Switching the majority language: The case of heritage Greek in North and South America

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EDEvangelia DaskalakiAGAretousa GiannakouCHChristina Haska

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Overview

Elicited data reveals cross-linguistic influence impacts heritage language word order in bilingual children across Americas, suggesting language type matters.

Key Points

  • This research examines the role of cross-linguistic influence and heritage language use in children's language acquisition.
  • Compared bilingual children from North America and South America
  • Analyzed elicited production data in vocabulary, reference, and word order
  • Used regression analyses to assess performance variations
  • South American heritage speakers outperformed North American counterparts
  • Performance differences existed despite lower Greek input in South America
  • Typological proximity to the majority language boosted heritage language development

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Daskalaki et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692523bbc0ce034ddc354995https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728925100722
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