ABSTRACT

Language and sociocultural practices in transnational families have attracted considerable scholarly attention over the last decade. Adding to this research, the present article explores the perspectives of two Polish teenage siblings living in Norway on the projected language and sociocultural practices in their future families. The data for this article stem from individual, in-depth qualitative interviews with the two siblings and were collected as part of a larger research project investigating multilingualism among Polish families in Norway. A micro-interactional analysis of the interview excerpts shows that the siblings construct their future families as very different spaces, where different languages and sociocultural practices are of importance and different identity options are available. In the ensuing discussion, the participants’ perspectives are considered in the context of their migration experiences, their belonging to imagined communities and in relation to wider societal discourses.

摘要

在过去的十年中，跨国家庭的语言和社会文化习俗引起了学术界的广泛关注。除了这项研究外，本文还探讨了居住在挪威的两名波兰少年兄弟姐妹对他们未来家庭预期的语言和社会文化习俗的看法。本文的数据来自对两个兄弟姐妹进行的单独的，深入的定性访谈，是作为一个较大的研究项目的一部分收集的，该项目调查了挪威波兰家庭中的多种语言。对访谈摘录的微观互动分析表明，兄弟姐妹将他们未来的家庭构建为非常不同的空间，在这里不同的语言和社会文化习俗非常重要，并且可以使用不同的身份选择。在随后的讨论中，