ABSTRACT

Most FLP research focuses on intrafamily communication (1FLP) and how this is impacted by larger contexts. But what happens when different multilingual families interact intensively on a daily basis? This article analyses language use during a holiday in India in and between four deaf-hearing befriended families, and how this evolved over the twelve days of the trip (4FLP). Three of the four families are our (the authors’) own. The family members originate from the UK, Belgium, Denmark and India. All families use more than one language at home (at least one sign language and one spoken language), and all family members are fluent signers. We ask: how does intrafamilial FLP (1FLP) at home inform interfamilial FLP (xFLP) on holiday? And how does interfamilial contact on holiday inform intrafamilial FLP during that same holiday? The data discussed in the article is organised along different multilingual practices, some of them general to multilingual interactions and others specific to multilingual signers: language mixing, switching and learning, language brokering, speaking and signspeaking. The findings reveal rich complexities of interfamilial language practices which inform thinking on FLP and multilingualism.

摘要

大多数 FLP 研究侧重于家庭内部交流 (1FLP) 以及这如何受到更大背景的影响。但是，当不同的多语言家庭每天密切互动时会发生什么？本文分析了在印度度假期间，四个听障朋友家庭中和之间的语言使用情况，以及这在旅行的 12 天 (4FLP) 中是如何演变的。四个家庭中的三个是我们（作者）自己的。家族成员来自英国、比利时、丹麦和印度。所有家庭在家中使用一种以上的语言（至少一种手语和一种口语），并且所有家庭成员都是流利的手语者。我们问：在家中的家庭内 FLP (1FLP) 如何通知家庭间 FLP (xFLP) 假期？在同一假期期间，家庭间的联系如何通知家庭内的 FLP？文章中讨论的数据按照不同的多语言实践进行组织，其中一些适用于多语言交互，而另一些则专门针对多语言手语：语言混合、转换和学习、语言中介、口语和手语。研究结果揭示了家庭间语言实践的丰富复杂性，这些实践为 FLP 和多语制的思考提供了信息。