Child Agency in Family Language Policy - Growing up Multilingual and Multiliterate

Past studies of family language socialization often focus on children's verbal communication skills and are conducted from the parents' perspective. This book describes a child's mostly self-directed and near-simultaneous multilingual and multiliterate development from birth to age 8. The present findings thus emphasize the critical role of child agency, and they may redefine and expand on the traditional theoretical framework of family language policy.

About the author

Ying Zhan, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda City, Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Ying Zhan
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9783111628097
• ISBN: 978-3-11-162809-7
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 491 g
• Illustrations: 14 b/w and 31 col. ill.
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Spracherwerb, Mehrsprachigkeit, Zweisprachigkeit und Mehrsprachigkeit, Linguistics, Sprachpolitik, Sociolinguistics, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Paperback Project, Family Language Policy, First and Second Language Acquisition, Child Agency, Multilingualism and Multiliteracy