Multilingual families face decisions about the linguistic upbringing of their children. These
decisions shape their family language policy (FLP) which potentially impacts the children …

This paper intends to provide some speculative remarks on how consistency and continuity
in language use practices within and across contexts inform heritage language acquisition …

Abstract This chapter traces Family Language Policy (FLP) research from its origins in
sociolinguistic approaches to child bilingualism and details how examining language input …

Code-switching is a common phenomenon that bilinguals engage in, including bilingual
children. While many researchers have analyzed code-switching behaviors to better …

When parents with different first languages have a child, and want the child to become
bilingual in both languages, many parents adopt the one person–one language (OPOL) …

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 …

Scholars working on multilingualism within the family have often highlighted the dynamic
nature of any single family's language policy, as well as the active role that both parents and …

The aim of this article is to illustrate the fluid nature of family language policy (FLP) and how
the realities of any one FLP are re-negotiated by caregivers and children in tandem. In …

It is over a century now since Ronjat's (1913) study of his son Louis' simultaneous
development in French and German, which came to be considered the naissance of family …

This book explores language practices, beliefs and management across a group of Polish
immigrant families in Australia, drawing on these case studies as a lens through which to …