Published in 2025, Research in Heritage Speaker Bilingualism: Theories, Methods, and Designs offers a comprehensive overview of methodological approaches to studying heritage languages. With a background in linguistics and an emphasis in bilingualism, Dr. Tania Leal, Assistant Professor of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is a co-author of this book. The work “...covers a variety of linguistic, affective, social, and educational perspectives, all related to heritage language research” (Research in Heritage Speaker Bilingualism | Theories, Methods, and Des). It also emphasizes research design, data collection methods, and analytical tools used in heritage language studies, bringing together multiple research traditions to examine heritage speaker bilingualism from interdisciplinary perspectives.
We congratulate Dr. Leal on the new publication of this important contribution to heritage language research!
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