<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Challenges of heritage language maintenance and benefits of bilingualism have been widely acknowledged. Heritage language maintenance research most oft en focuses on heritage languages in English-dominant societies. This paper presents a case study on family language policy experiences, strategies, and outcomes led by an American-born mother in her effort to maintain and promote English, her heritage language, within the home in the Hebrew-dominant environment in Israel</p></abstract>

Challenges of heritage language maintenance and benefits of bilingualism have been widely acknowledged. Heritage language maintenance research most oft en focuses on heritage languages in English-dominant societies. This paper presents a case study on family language policy experiences, strategies, and outcomes led by an American-born mother in her effort to maintain and promote English, her heritage language, within the home in the Hebrew-dominant environment in Israel

Socialization of Language Through Family Language Policy: A Case Study

Zinman College at the Wingate Institute, Netanya

Department of Language and Literacy Studies, Zinman College at the Wingate Institute, Netanya 42902, Israel

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Challenges of heritage language maintenance and benefits of bilingualism have been widely acknowledged. Heritage language maintenance research most oft en...

Socialization of Language Through Family Language Policy: A Case Study

Published Online: May 02, 2014

Page range: 53 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2014-0004

Keywords
bilingualism, heritage language maintenance, family language policy, sociolinguistics

© by Tijana Hirsch

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Socialization of Language Through Family Language Policy: A Case Study

Published Online: May 02, 2014

Page range: 53 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2014-0004

Keywordsbilingualism, heritage language maintenance, family language policy, sociolinguistics

© by Tijana Hirsch

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
bilingualism, heritage language maintenance, family language policy, sociolinguistics