Family Language Policy Children’s Perspectives

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Family Language Policy

Children’s Perspectives

Sonia Wilson

Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics

This book explores the question of family language policy in multilingual households. Presenting six case studies which focus on the experiences of parents and children in French-English bilingual contexts, the author draws conclusions about the impact of parental language management on the family as a whole which can be applied to transnational families from other linguistic backgrounds. While many parental guides on bilingual childrearing have been published in recent years, little attention has been paid to the possible impact of such language strategies on the experiences and interrelationships of bilingual family members. This book is unique in focusing in depth on the psychology and experiences of the child, and it will be of interest to readers in fields as diverse as sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, sociology of youth and family, and child psychology.

Sonia Wilson holds a PhD in sociolinguistics. She has conducted a three-year study on children’s and parents’ perspectives on bilingualism and the effect of certain language strategies on the well-being of multilingual families.

Publication Date: 01 August 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 9783030524364
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 200

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