Abstract

This article explores the nexus between parents’ language ideologies and children’s language practices in the home. It focuses on the perspectives of 34 L1 Kalanga-speaking parents to understand the extent to which their language ideologies impact on children’s language choices, in light of the diminished use of Kalanga in Zimbabwe generally. Drawing on insights from Family Language Policy (FLP), we argue that although parents’ language ideologies are central in the articulation of family language policy among the Kalanga, parents’ attitudes towards maintaining the home language do not always translate to children’s conformity to parent-preferred language practices. The mismatch between parents’ ideologies and children’s practices is mediated by children’s language experiences and practices in domains external to the family such as schools, which results in their reproduction at home.

摘要

本文探讨了父母的语言意识形态与孩子在家中的语言习惯之间的联系。鉴于津巴布韦总体上减少了对加兰加语的使用，本章重点介绍了34位讲加兰加语的L1父母，以了解他们的语言意识形态对儿童语言选择的影响程度。借鉴家庭语言政策（FLP）的见解，我们认为，尽管父母的语言意识形态在加兰加语的家庭语言政策制定中处于中心地位，但父母对维持家庭语言的态度并不总是转化为儿童对父母的顺从-首选的语言习惯。父母的意识形态与儿童习惯之间的不匹配是由儿童在家庭以外的领域（如学校，