Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to highlighting the emerging body of scholarship surrounding the field of Spanish as a Heritage Language. SHL is a forum for sharing innovative ideas, research, and practical experiences from diverse areas of research, all pertaining to the overarching theme of heritage speaker bilingualism.
SHL is copublished by the University of Florida Press and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Florida. We are currently accepting submissions for our forthcoming issues.
Current Issue
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2024): Fall 2024
Published: 2025-01-31
Research Articles
“We Balance Each Other Out”
Mixed Course Perspectives and Pedagogical Practices
138–161
AbstractPrevious studies have analyzed student perceptions in mixed contexts (Burgo, 2016; Campanaro, 2013; Dones-Herrera, 2015; Edstrom, 2007; Leeman...
Agree to Disagree
Accounting for Grammatical Gender “Errors” Among Heritage Speakers of Spanish
162–196
AbstractHeritage speakers’ deviations from monolingual gender agreement patterns have been interpreted as evidence of incomplete acquisition or language...
Lateralization in US Caribbean Spanish
Exploring Claims of Invariance and Complete Neutralization
197–221
AbstractThis exploratory study examines rhotic production by Caribbean Spanish speakers in the US to empirically investigate (1) claims of categorical...
Book Reviews
Review of: Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom
222–225
AbstractBook review of Fountain, A. (2023). Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom.
Georgetown University Press.