Zhu Hua|Li Wei
Transnational experience, aspiration and family language policy
Birkbeck, University of London|University College London
transnational multilingual families become commonplace twentyfirst century yet relatively attempts made applied sociolinguistic perspectives understand going within families transnational multilingual experiences impact family dynamics everyday life cope new everchanging environment construct identities build social relations article start premise bilingualism multilingualism mean different things different generations individuals within family additive bilingualism often celebrated positive benefits adding second language culture without replacing displacing first cannot taken granted common experience individuals transnational families using data gathered sociolinguistic ethnography three multilingual transnational families china britain discuss experiences different generations individuals dealing bilingualism multilingualism experiences affect way individual family members perceive social relations social structures construct present identities key argument wish put forward attention needs paid diverse experiences individuals strategies use deal challenges multilingualism rather overall patterns language maintenance language shift