Aims: The primary aim of this special issue is to advance theoretical and empirical
knowledge about the role of emotion in family language policy (FLP). To better capture the …

This paper addresses language anxiety and monolingual mindsets not only as they relate to
family language use, but also to divergent social, cultural, and emotional domains of family …

Aims and objectives: This study aims to explore parental emotions in heritage language
maintenance and to examine ways in which parents' emotions interplay with their language …

This study investigates how Finnish teachers regard immigrant families' home language
policies. Of the teachers who responded, 53.3% believed it best for parents to speak their …

Raising a child is a challenging venture, regardless of where one lives in the world. Most
children are raised in their families; however, many states have welfare services if the child's …

Multilingual families in immigrant/minority language contact settings face various challenges
that are related to their affective and emotional domains, as well as to their well-being. This …

Characterised by media saturation and hypermobility, contemporary society has presented
polymedia as an integral element of family life. The expansion and recognition of polymedia …

The aim of the paper is to understand how German speakers living in Norway with their
families navigate partially shared repertoires. Using the notion of legitimate peripheral …

Parents are often considered the pivotal stakeholders in Family Language Policy (FLP).
However, grandparents are increasingly acting as surrogate parents among multi …

Abstract This article investigates Chinese-Australian parents' ideologies and visions about
the maintenance of Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) as well as their struggles in …