This article describes the newly emerging field of family language policy, defined as explicit
and overt planning in relation to language use within the home among family members, and …

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

Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive
textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages. It brings …

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

Elena Nicoladis, University of Alberta This chapter focuses on the simultaneous acquisition
of two languages from birth, or what is generally referred to as bilingual first language …

Study of family language policy unites research in child language acquisition and language
policy to better understand how parents' language decisions, practices and beliefs influence …

Invisible Work Page 1 Invisible Work Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing in
intermarried families JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY s t u d ie s in l a n g u a ge a …

The study of what has come to be known as family language policy has evolved and
expanded significantly over the last hundred years, from its early beginnings in the diary …

Harmonious bilingual development is the experience of well-being in a language contact
situation involving young children and their families. While so far no systematic ethnographic …

This article reports on a survey with 170 school-age children growing up with two or more
languages in the Canadian province of Ontario where English is the majority language …