Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages.
This paper investigates, on the one hand, which verbal features are re-organized in heritage grammars and, on the other hand, the production of novel non-canonical forms for the expression of verbal aspect by Greek heritage speakers in Germany and the US compared to monolingually-raised speakers of...
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| description | This paper investigates, on the one hand, which verbal features are re-organized in heritage grammars and, on the other hand, the production of novel non-canonical forms for the expression of verbal aspect by Greek heritage speakers in Germany and the US compared to monolingually-raised speakers of Modern Greek (henceforth Greek). As aspect cannot be seen in isolation from other morphological features such as voice, tense, and phi-features, the analysis of the novel forms is conducted under the prism of the verbal complex. The results indicate that φ-features and aspect seem to be the most re-organized elements encoded in Greek verbs and, furthermore, that heritage speaker groups differ significantly from monolingually-raised controls in terms of the production of novel morphological forms, demonstrating that heritage speakers, especially those in the US, face difficulties with the morpho-phonological adjustments needed to be built in verbal forms. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-149e97dc652a4e71b56936b4ec5eb4442025-08-20T01:52:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01205e031915410.1371/journal.pone.0319154Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages.Vasiliki RizouDespina PapadopoulouOnur ÖzsoyArtemis AlexiadouThis paper investigates, on the one hand, which verbal features are re-organized in heritage grammars and, on the other hand, the production of novel non-canonical forms for the expression of verbal aspect by Greek heritage speakers in Germany and the US compared to monolingually-raised speakers of Modern Greek (henceforth Greek). As aspect cannot be seen in isolation from other morphological features such as voice, tense, and phi-features, the analysis of the novel forms is conducted under the prism of the verbal complex. The results indicate that φ-features and aspect seem to be the most re-organized elements encoded in Greek verbs and, furthermore, that heritage speaker groups differ significantly from monolingually-raised controls in terms of the production of novel morphological forms, demonstrating that heritage speakers, especially those in the US, face difficulties with the morpho-phonological adjustments needed to be built in verbal forms.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319154 |
| spellingShingle | Vasiliki Rizou Despina Papadopoulou Onur Özsoy Artemis Alexiadou Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. PLoS ONE |
| title | Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. |
| title_full | Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. |
| title_fullStr | Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. |
| title_short | Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages. |
| title_sort | novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage greek across majority languages |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319154 |
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