ABSTRACT

This article examines the affective dimension of the linguistic repertoire of multilingual families. Specifically, resulting from a three-year ethnographic project in Norway, this study sets out to better understand the role of affect in parent–child interactions as members of two Brazilian-Norwegian families draw on their multilingual linguistic repertoires in the ongoing construction of their familial ties. A discursive analytical approach was employed to examine audio-recordings made by one of the parents of each family (i.e. around 15 h of recordings in total). The analysis demonstrates how certain linguistic features (i.e. terms of endearment and the ‘you are … ’-format), combined with the use of the participants’ multilingual repertoire, accomplish three interrelated social actions; they: (i) convey parental value-laden aspirations of child-rearing, (ii) position children according to expected social roles, and (iii) forge parent–child ties. These findings are supplemented with interview data, which serve to illustrate the role of home-external contexts in encouraging the parents to use Portuguese with their children in the home. Focusing on the affective dimension of parent–child interactions as they draw on their multilingual repertoires to construct familial bonds contributes to an underexplored area in family multilingualism studies.

摘要

本文考察了多语言家庭语言库的情感维度。具体来说，这项研究源于挪威的一个为期三年的民族志项目，旨在更好地理解情感在亲子互动中的作用，因为两个巴西-挪威家庭的成员在他们正在进行的家庭建设中利用他们的多语言语言库。联系。采用话语分析方法来检查每个家庭的一位父母制作的录音（即总共大约 15 小时的录音）。分析展示了某些语言特征（即喜爱的术语和“你是……”格式）如何结合参与者的多语言曲目，完成三个相互关联的社会行为；他们：(i) 传达父母养育孩子的价值观，(ii) 根据预期的社会角色定位孩子，以及 (iii) 建立亲子关系。这些调查结果辅以访谈数据，这些数据有助于说明家庭外部环境在鼓励父母在家中与孩子一起使用葡萄牙语方面的作用。关注亲子互动的情感维度，因为他们利用他们的多语言库来构建家庭纽带，这有助于在家庭多语言研究中探索不足的领域。