Carmit Altman

Heritage Speakers Telling Fictional Stories in Two Languages: Cross-Linguistic Differences in Macrostructure

PURPOSE: The article aimed to examine cross-linguistic differences in macrostructure abilities in the narratives of 5- to 6-year-old preschool children from diverse heritage language (HL) backgrounds who speak Hebrew as the societal language (SL). METHOD: = 20). Narratives were c...

Sociolinguistic identity and patterns of language use among bilingual preschoolers

Bilinguals navigate a dynamic, multifaceted, and intrinsically linked language-identity relationship. The present study explores how sociolinguistic identity relates to patterns of language use among 104 Russian-Hebrew bilingual children (ages 65–81 months) attending Hebrew-speak...