Navigating partially shared linguistic repertoires: attempts to understand centre and periphery in the scope of family language policy

Purkarthofer, Judith

doi:10.1080/01434632.2021.1921781

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“…Interviews were done mainly in German, but were infused with Norwegian and sometimes English utterances, which in this respect is relatively typical for the multilingual lifeworlds of the participants (an extended discussion of the project is presented in Purkarthofer, 2021b). For the presentation of data, the original multilingual transcripts which served as the basis for the analysis are presented in parallel with English translations.…”

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“…Along with language and interaction that present a rich source of narratives, cultural practices are mentioned that are, half-jokingly, integrated in the family representation of social spaces. In an activity to map the family’s social spaces (see Purkarthofer, 2021b), stereotypical representations of Norwegian country life are mentioned: a small hut in the woods (called hytte ), an outhouse and endless forests. For now, they are constructed as imagined spaces of the future and the joking tone of the exchanges points to the stylization of Norwegianness that might be rather far from life in the capital city.…”

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Transnational families’ social spaces ‘in between’: Expectations, decision-making and belonging in light of educational choices in Norway

Purkarthofer

2022

European Educational Research Journal

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Connections between linguistic heterogeneity, educational choices and (family) biographies are complex and ever shifting. With this paper, my aim is to explore the question how social spaces are constructed by multilingual families in migration societies and how they situate social spaces ‘in between’, thereby challenging both binary and national logics and creating third spaces. Especially in view of national educational institutions, family decisions on language transmission and use are reflected upon and at times re-evaluated. Analysis of family interviews with German migrants in Norway shows how both continuity and change are relevant for the parents as they try to produce an uninterrupted family biography but at the same time need to be open to adaptations to new situations. Expectations, language ideologies and perspectives that transcend one’s own family spaces gain relevance while (national) institutions may call for changes in language regimes and practices.

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Section: Data Methods and Contextmentioning

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Section: Analysis and Findingsmentioning

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Transnational families’ social spaces ‘in between’: Expectations, decision-making and belonging in light of educational choices in Norway

Purkarthofer

2022

European Educational Research Journal

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“…Discourses in the family referred to ideas and ideologies of Norwegian child-rearing and thus the interview data add perceptions of parents, who are informed either through the media or through their professional environment, and position themselves vis-à -vis the Norwegian state and society. The interviews were part of a larger project on family language policy in Norway more generally (Purkarthofer and Steien 2019;Purkarthofer 2021). Data from a German transnational family, with a language and culture related to Norwegian, provide an interesting platform for examining the fine-tuned perceptions of normalization techniques.…”

Section: Normalizing Transnational Family Life In Discourses Between the Public And Private: Methodological Aspectsmentioning

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Discourses between the Public and the Private: Transnational Families at the Crossroads

Purkarthofer

Lanza

Berg

2021

Applied Linguistics

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Raising a child is a challenging venture, regardless of where one lives in the world. Most children are raised in their families; however, many states have welfare services if the child’s well-being is at stake. Scandinavian countries follow a rather strict policy in placing the child’s individual rights above those of the family, and Norway has child welfare legislation that applies to all children in the country, regardless of their status, nationality or citizenship. This institutional structure has raised issues about how family life is negotiated in society. In this article, we analyze the ways in which language and culture are used to address expectations of (good) normal family life in both private and public discourses with implications for transnational families. We thus problematize the notion of the family as a private domain or space. Furthermore, by examining institutional involvement in child-rearing, we extend research on family language policy to contexts of foster care. We thereby raise the discussion to a societal level about private and public expectations towards family life in a late-modern society.

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“…The deployment of the vocabulary elicitation strategy also serves as an indicator of partially shared linguistic repertoires (Purkarthofer 2021). Both Anna and Sofia are proficient in Finnish to a varying degree -Anna uses the language at work and Sofia in the kindergarten.…”

Section: Navigating the Nexus: Data Analysis Family 1: Anna And Sofiamentioning

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Hesitant versus confident family language policy: a case of two single-parent families in Finland

Vorobeva

2022

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During the past decade, the field of family language policy has broadened its scope and turned its attention to diverse family configurations in versatile sociolinguistic contexts. The current study contributes to this endeavor by focusing on two single-parent families who live in Finland and who strive to support Russian as a family language. Applying nexus analysis as an epistemological stance and as an analytical lens, the study takes an emic perspective on family language policy. Furthermore, it examines how family language policy is manifested and negotiated during mother–child play and what discourses shape it. The findings reveal two contrasting ways in which family language policy is manifested and negotiated in the families. Confident family language policy in one of the families is informed by the mother’s historical body (i.e., prior experience of raising children bilingually), while in the other family, discourse in place represented by divergent language ideologies plays a significant role in shaping family language policy and is connected with hesitant decisions about language use in the family.

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Navigating partially shared linguistic repertoires: attempts to understand centre and periphery in the scope of family language policy

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Transnational families’ social spaces ‘in between’: Expectations, decision-making and belonging in light of educational choices in Norway

Transnational families’ social spaces ‘in between’: Expectations, decision-making and belonging in light of educational choices in Norway

Discourses between the Public and the Private: Transnational Families at the Crossroads

Hesitant versus confident family language policy: a case of two single-parent families in Finland

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