Family language policy retention across generations: childhood language policies, multilingualism experiences, and future language policies in multilingual emerging Canadian adults [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionLanguage policies in multilingual families refer to parents’ decisions, whether explicitly articulated or not, regarding which languages will be used in which contexts.
Leah L. Pagé, Kimberly A. Noels
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Family language policy and heritage language transmission in Pakistan—the intersection of family dynamics, ethnic identity and cultural practices on language proficiency and maintenance [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyHeritage languages play a pivotal role in cultural preservation, ethnic identity attachment and intergenerational continuity. The dynamics of heritage language transmission within family settings warrant comprehensive exploration, specifically in ...
Shameen Fatima, Muhammad Umar Nadeem
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The Family Language Policy of Javanese Multilingual Families
Journal of Language and Literature, 2023 Javanese is one of the regional languages with a relatively large number of speakers, around 68 million. This significant number of speakers is essential for the Javanese language to survive.
Anna Fitriati
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Family language policy in retrospect: Narratives of success and failure in an Indian-Iranian transnational family. [PDF]
Lang Policy, 2023 In this study, we investigate family language policy in a transnational family through a collaborative autoethnography. Following the theoretical underpinnings of family language policy (Spolsky in J Multiling Multicult Dev 31:3–11, 2012), we present ...
Mirvahedi SH, Hosseini M.
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Aspirational family language policy
Language Policy, 2023 AbstractThe current article applies interactional sociolinguistic discourse analysis to interviews with three parents of Ukrainian families living in New Zealand to further complexify what we know about Family Language Policy (FLP) and language transmission.
Corinne A. Seals, Natalia Beliaeva
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Family language policy and vocabulary of bilingual children across different ages
Ampersand, 2023 Family language policy explores planning of home language use and is thought to shape language acquisition. Historically, heritage languages have often been considered ‘low prestige’.
Karen Rose +2 more
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Family language policy in a transnational family living in Finland: multilingual repertoire, language practices, and child agency [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyEach multilingual transnational family is unique and thus deserves to be carefully studied in terms of its family language policy (FLP). Speaker-centered approaches can provide a deeper understanding of linguistic diversity in a multilingual setting. The
Olga Nenonen
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Turkish heritage families in Sweden: language practices and family language policy [PDF]
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022 This paper explores family language policy in Turkish-speaking families in Sweden. Questionnaires were administered to the parents of 105 Turkish/Swedish children (age 4 − 7), targeting family language practices (including parent–parent, parent–child, child–parent, child-and-sibling conversation and language-fostering activities such as joint book ...
U. Bohnacker
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Family language policy and school language policy: can the twain meet? [PDF]
International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022 This commentary outlines the key conceptualisations and core questions related to multilingual children’s language and literacy development across different migration contexts. Addressing various language and educational ideologies held by parents and teachers, it highlights the interactions between families, schools and the wider society.
X. Curdt-Christiansen
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Changes in the immigrant Russian-speaking family language policy during the war in Ukraine. [PDF]
Front PsycholIntroduction The Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine had a significant impact on the Russian-speaking identity, reformulating existing linguistic and cultural boundaries and shaping Russian speakers’ self-perception and vision of the world.
Protassova E, Yelenevskaya M.
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