Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland

In Finland families are only allowed to choose one language for their child to be the child’s L1 even if the family is bilingual. With both Finnish and Swedish being national languages of Finland this thesis looked into which language a family chose, why they chose it, and how they helped their chil...

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Main Author: Huhta, Austin
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Language and Communication Studies, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73074
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description In Finland families are only allowed to choose one language for their child to be the child’s L1 even if the family is bilingual. With both Finnish and Swedish being national languages of Finland this thesis looked into which language a family chose, why they chose it, and how they helped their child maintain it. Looking at their perspective on this can allow us to get further insight into family language policy in Finland. The research method used here is a case study, with semi-structured interviews for the data collection and interpretive phenomenological analysis for the data analysis. This thesis interviewed a bilingual family with a Finn and a Swedish Swede and their one child. It found that while their initial language choice was Swedish, that their family language policy was dynamic. Over time the child was switched from Swedish medium education to Finnish medium education; however, at home multiple family language policies worked together to help maintain his Swedish language skills. The findings demonstrated that the right combination of family language policies and more formal educational settings can work together to help children grow up to be bilingual even if the minority language is mainly used at home. It is recommended that future research in this area continues to expand the number of research participants, and also uses more research participants from different backgrounds.
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title Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
title_full Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
title_fullStr Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
title_full_unstemmed Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
title_short Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
title_sort family language policy in bilingual finnish and swedish families in finland
title_txtP Family language policy in bilingual Finnish and Swedish families in Finland
topic language maintenance Soveltavan kielitieteen maisteriopinnot Master's Degree Programme in Applied Linguistics 314 suomen kieli kielipolitiikka kaksikielisyys ruotsin kieli Finnish language language policy bilingualism Swedish language
topic_facet 314 Finnish language Master's Degree Programme in Applied Linguistics Soveltavan kielitieteen maisteriopinnot Swedish language bilingualism kaksikielisyys kielipolitiikka language maintenance language policy ruotsin kieli suomen kieli
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