A1 Journal article (refereed)
Ten years later : What has become of FLP? (2023)

Curdt-Christiansen, X. L., & Palviainen, Å. (2023). Ten years later : What has become of FLP?. Language Policy, 22(4), 379-389. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-023-09682-3

JYU authors or editors

Palviainen, Åsa

Publication details

All authors or editors: Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan; Palviainen, Åsa

Journal or series: Language Policy

ISSN: 1568-4555

eISSN: 1573-1863

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 22/11/2023

Volume: 22

Issue number: 4

Pages range: 379-389

Publisher: Springer

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-023-09682-3

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92627

Additional information: Thematic Issue: Ten Years Later: What has become of FLP? Issue Editors: Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Åsa Palviainen

Abstract

In this special issue, we focus on how family language policy (FLP) as a field of enquiry has evolved over the ten years since the publication of the first thematic issue on FLP in Language Policy in 2013. We explore how some of the long-standing issues, such as language shift, language status and language attitude, have been addressed through the lens of raciolinguistic and critical theories, and how new challenges, such as digital communications, have shaped family language practices. We further explore how political conflicts have influenced families of forced migration and families in diasporic contexts, to redefine their identities through aspiration and illusion. By comparing with the first thematic issue, we outline in this volume how the contributing papers differ in their theoretical perspectives, epistemological stances and varied data sources to approach different aspects of FLP. The contributors herein explore different aspects of FLP in relation to multilingualism, involving indigenous and minority languages and in the contexts of UK, Norway, Finland, Mexico, Singapore and New Zealand. Entering into a new phase of FLP at a time with heightened political crisis and war in Europe and the Middle East, we argue that more interdisciplinary synergy should be sought to advance the field of FLP.

Keywords: languages; multilingualism; indigenous languages; language policy; minority languages

Free keywords: family language policy; raciolinguistics; digital communication; indigenous language; multilingualism; language ideology

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