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“We know the same languages and then we can mix them”: A child’s perspectives on everyday translanguaging in the family
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, English. Stockholm University. (Utbildning och Lärande, Interkulturella studier)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9024-330X
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Swedish as Second Language.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0011-1689
2018 (English)In: Translanguaging as Everyday Practice / [ed] Gerardo Mazzaferro, Springer, 2018, p. 49-68Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Our study presents a young multilingual child, here called Laura, and her perspectives on and experiences of everyday language practices using Hungarian, Finnish, and Swedish. Laura was interviewed and observed over the course of one full day in the home with her family, in order to elicit her views on her agency and linguistic repertoire. In addition, Laura’s parents were interviewed about planned and implemented family language policies, and some of the written observations and audio-recorded interactions collected by the parents since Laura’s birth were considered. The thematic analysis reveals Laura’s perspectives on people, spaces and purpose in relation to her flexible use of named and unnamed languages. Laura is keenly aware of translanguaging affordances based on interlocutor, drawing on the resources of others’ repertoires. Laura sometimes challenges her parents’ family policy but also creates her own spaces for translanguaging. Finally, Laura adapts the use of her resources according to perceived purpose, as seen in her changing language use since starting school. The study offers a unique view of how one child exercises agency, makes use of her linguistic repertoire, articulates metalinguistic awareness, and respects or resists the family language policy set forth by her parents, thus creating her own everyday translanguaging practices.

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Springer, 2018. p. 49-68
Keywords [en]
translanguaging, family language policy (FLP), multilingual children, linguistic identity, linguistic repertoire, translanguaging spaces
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General Language Studies and Linguistics Educational Sciences
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Research Profiles 2009-2020, Education and Learning
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-27850ISBN: 978-3-319-94851-5 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-27850DiVA, id: diva2:1218031
Available from: 2018-06-13 Created: 2018-06-13 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved

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