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Kaksisuuntaista kieleen sosiaalistumista kaksikielisissä perheissä (2015)

Bergroth, M. (2015). Kaksisuuntaista kieleen sosiaalistumista kaksikielisissä perheissä. In T. Jakonen, J. Jalkanen, T. Paakkinen, & M. Suni (Eds.), Kielen oppimisen virtauksia (pp. 126-141). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys. Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, 73. https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/49366

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Bergroth, Mari

Parent publication: Kielen oppimisen virtauksia

Parent publication editors: Jakonen, Teppo; Jalkanen, Juha; Paakkinen, Terhi; Suni, Minna

ISBN: 978-951-9388-61-8

eISBN: 978-951-9388-61-8

Journal or series: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja

ISSN: 0781-0318

eISSN: 2343-2608

Publication year: 2015

Number in series: 73

Pages range: 126-141

Number of pages in the book: 261

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/49366

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86761

Additional information: AFinLAn vuosikirja 2015
AFinLAn syyssymposium Jyväskylässä 14.-15.11.2014

Abstract

The present study focuses on the language socialization of parents in six bilingual families. The aim is to investigate how parents describe their linguistic identity and what kinds of changes over time can be traced in these identities. The present study is part of a wider ethnographic project which aims to deepen our understanding of how conceptions of language, bilingualism and bilingual development are manifested and negotiated in different situations and by different stakeholders in Finnish-Swedish bilingualism in Finland. The analysis identifies four major categories of bilingualism: language identity, realization, expanding language skills and frustration. The results show that children can have an active agency in socializing the parents in the new family language and that language socialization in a bilingual family does not necessarily mean altering one’s language identity.

Keywords: Swedish-speaking Finns; families; bilingualism; parents; linguistic identity; language skills; socialisation; multilingualism; language issue

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2015

JUFO rating: 1