Family Multilingualism from a Southern Perspective: Language Ideologies and Practices of Brazilian Parents in Norway

Autor/in	Lomeu Gomes, Rafael
Titel	Family Multilingualism from a Southern Perspective: Language Ideologies and Practices of Brazilian Parents in Norway
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 40 (2021) 5, S.707-734 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2019-0080
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Family Relationship; Epistemology; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Parent Attitudes; Portuguese; Norwegian; Child Rearing; Language Usage; Native Language; Second Language Learning; Social Justice; Political Attitudes; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Differences; Social Class; Race; Ethnicity; Decision Making; Longitudinal Studies; Language Attitudes; Immigrants; English (Second Language); College Faculty; Graduate Study; Stereotypes; Brazil; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Erkenntnistheorie; Ausland; Ethnografie; Elternverhalten; Portugiesischunterricht; Norwegisch; Kindererziehung; Sprachgebrauch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Kultureller Unterschied; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sprachverhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fakultät; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Klischee; Brasilien; Norwegen
Abstract	This article derives from a three-year ethnographic project carried out in Norway focusing on language practices of Brazilian families raising their children multilingually. Analyses of interview data with two Brazilian parents demonstrate the relevance of examining intersectionally the participants' orientation to categorisations such as social class, gender, and race/ethnicity. Additionally, I explore how parents make sense of their transnational, multilingual experiences, and the extent to which these experiences inform the language-related decisions they make in the home. Advancing family multilingualism research in a novel direction, I employ a southern perspective as an analytical position that: (i) assumes the situatedness of knowledge production; (ii) aims at increasing social and epistemic justice; (iii) opposes the dominance of Western-centric epistemologies; and (iv) sees the global South as a political location, not necessarily geographic, but with many overlaps. Finally, I draw on the notions of intercultural translation and equivocation to discuss the intercultural encounters parents reported. The overarching argument of this article is that forging a southern perspective from which to analyse parental language practices and beliefs offers a theoretical framework that can better address the issues engendered by parents engaged in South-North transnational, multilingual practices. (As Provided).
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