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Second-generation Language Learners

Second-Generation Language Learners is a sociolinguistic construct denoting individuals who are native speakers of a heritage language acquired at home in childhood but who develop stronger proficiency in the dominant societal language due to immersion in the host country’s educational and social environments.

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7.2K

Citations

153

Authors

102

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

24

Variants

Heritage Language Learners

Parents

Publications

107

Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation

Min Zhou · International Migration Review · 1997 · 1.4K citations

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Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the New Second Generation

Min Zhou · International Migration Review · 1997 · 553 citations

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Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants

Richard Alba, John Logan, Amy Lutz et al. · Demography · 2002 · 436 citations · Full text

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The New Second Generation

Alejandro Portes · 2018 · 386 citations

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Language and the Second Generation: Bilingualism Yesterday and Today

Alejandro Portes, Richard Schauffler · International Migration Review · 1994 · 339 citations

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Authors

153

  1. MC
    Michael Clyne

    Monash University, Australia

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. CD
    Christian Dustmann

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. HB
    Hoyt Bleakley

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 250 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. AC
    Aimee Chin

    University of Houston, United States

    3 publications · 250 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. TC
    Teresa Casey

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 153

Institutions

102

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    127 citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    127 citations

  3. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    221 citations

  7. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    133 citations

  8. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

    JMMD · 8 publications · 124 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. International Migration Review

    IMR · 6 publications · 2.6K citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Heritage Language Journal

    5 publications · 199 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Language Culture and Curriculum

    5 publications · 455 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 4 publications · 161 citations

    4

    h-index

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