<i>'I don't like them to know I'm Syrian</i>': family language policy amongst Syrian refugees in Türkiye
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUALISM, 2025 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14790718.2025.2575892
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUALISM
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Communication Abstracts, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study investigates an emerging area of inquiry: refugee family language policy (FLP), through examining the practices, management and ideologies of FLP among Syrian refugee families in T & uuml;rkiye. It also examines the multilingualism of the children and their parents' attitudes towards languages, focusing on heritage language maintenance (HLM). The study aims to understand how Syrian refugee families in T & uuml;rkiye construct, negotiate and implement their FLP. Applying a qualitative approach, the study employed semi-structured interviews with ten families and language portraits coloured by seven children. Language portraits were used as a tool to make children's multilingualism visible by using colours to present their linguistic repertoire. Thematic analysis using a coding scheme was used to analyse the data. The findings revealed different views by parents and children about language practices, management and ideologies.