Novel forms for the expression of aspect in heritage Greek across majority languages.

Authors

Vasiliki Rizou, Despina Papadopoulou, Onur Özsoy, Artemis Alexiadou

Published in

PloS one. Volume 20. Issue 5. Pages e0319154. Epub May 15, 2025.

Abstract

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.

PMID:
40373160
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