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2017 Vol. 2, No. 6
Published: 2017-11-10

 
1 My Notes about Language Use and Language
Yu Genyuan
2017 Vol. 2 (6): 1-1 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
5 Political Scientists on Language and Language Use
Ren Jiantao
Political Scientists on Language and Language Use
  Political Science and Its Language Association /Ren Jiantao ( 5 )
  Languages and Political Justice / Huang Xuan ( 7 )
  Discursion on Languages and Imagined Nations / Zhang Jianwei ( 8 )
  Politics in Language and Language in Politics / Ma Hualing (10)
2017 Vol. 2 (6): 5-11 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  PDF  (0 KB)  ( 0 )
12 Column Prologue: The Past, Present and Future of Family Language Policy Research
Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen
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15 Family Language Policy and Child Language Development
Xu Jingrong
For every individual who has a need for language development, the family is where all language policies begin, and where all the worthwhile language policies are ultimately implemented. The family language policy as an academic subject has gradually become the focus of post classical language policy research. This paper analyzes the relationship between family language policy and child language development, and explores seven areas of family language policy research from the perspective of child language development. We then also examine the fi ve factors that can have impact on family language awareness. Based on this, we propose planning approaches and strategies that correspond to respective developing phases of child language development. In conclusion, we argue that family language policy study should play a role in systematically planning child language development, early childhood education, and bilingual or multilingual acquisition. Moreover, it should also provide practical reference in studying the relationship between children and nurturers,parents’ language awareness, social attitude towards language and constructing bilingualism and multilingualism.
2017 Vol. 2 (6): 15-24 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
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Wang Weihong and Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen
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Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews
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46 Canadian Chinese Immigrants’ Family Language Policies: Types and Causes
Li Guofang and Sun Zhuo

Children’s heritage language maintenance and development is a challenging issue that many immigrant parents have to face nowadays. Despite the multitude of Chinese immigrants overseas, Chinese as a heritage language often fails to be effectively sustained and suffi ciently developed inter-generationally due to pervasive language shift and language loss in Chinese immigrant families. Previous research focusing on Chinese families’ heritage language and bilingual/biliteracy education tends to privilege studies on single cases, resulting in a gap in the existing literature of an integrated perspective on how heritage language acquisition and education take place in the home milieu of Chinese immigrant families. Based on the qualitative data collected from Chinese immigrant families residing in different geographical regions in Canada, the authors developed a continuum development model to horizontally compare and analyze the dynamics of family language policies across different families. Four representative families are purposefully selected for a further discussion on the potential factors behind the formation of particular types of family language policies. Framed within the the oretical construct of family language policy, this paper aims to provide a new conceptual perspective towards immigrant family language policy development and minority language protection within the multilingual, macro social context of the host society.

2017 Vol. 2 (6): 46-56 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
57 Multilingualism and the Family
Elizabeth Lanza
In the current era characterized by greater population mobility, an increasing number of children are brought up in the family environment where two or more languages are used, leading to the occurrence of family multilingualism. Taking family as a community of practice, this paper examines the infl uence of family environment and parents’ language ideology on early bilingual language acquisition, particularly in a context where the minority language garners no community support. First, the notion of language socialization is discussed and the language choice patterns in the family are reviewed. The paper then examines various applied linguistic approaches to studying family bilingualism in order to reveal the factors that contribute to fostering bilingualism and multilingualism.The studies employing surveys and in-depth interviews of bilingual families are discussed, and the role of parental language ideology in the process is highlighted. Finally, the micro-analyses of parent-child conversations are explored to demonstrate the parental discourse strategies that may stimulate active bilingualism among young children.
2017 Vol. 2 (6): 57-67 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
68 An Overview of the International Research on Family Language Policy (2000 – 2016)
Yin Xiaorong and Li Guofang
This article reviews international research trends in Family Language Policy (FLP) study in the past seventeen years through an analysis of 143 papers published in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and Language Policy during 2000 – 2016. In addition to mapping the papers’ publication time, the research methods and participants, content analysis of theoretical frameworks and thematic foci of FLP was also conducted.The analysis shows that there is growing attention to the topic of FLP; however, the geological distributions of participants and the proportional use of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods are uneven. This article summarizes the five highly used theoretical frameworks and the top thematic foci that include internal-external factors of FLP, its working mechanism and its inter-subjectivity. The article concludes with a summary of the 143 papers’ collective contribution to FLP research and suggestions for Chinese researchers with interests in FLP.
2017 Vol. 2 (6): 68-79 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
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Zhou Jing, Zhang Li and Li Chuanjiang
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2017 Vol. 2 (6): 89-96 [Abstract] ( 0 ) HTML (1 KB)  [PDF (0 KB)  ( 0 )
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