37.2352, Books: Multilingual Family Language Policy and Wellbeing: Kaisa Pankakoski (2026)

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Date: 14-Jul-2026
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Multilingual Family Language Policy and Wellbeing: Kaisa Pankakoski (2026)


Title: Multilingual Family Language Policy and Wellbeing
Subtitle: Language Ideologies, Strategies and Experiences
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800419643

Author(s): Kaisa Pankakoski

Hbk ISBN 9781800419643 £114.95 / US$155.95 / €136.95
PDF ISBN 9781800419650 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00
EPUB ISBN 9781800419667 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00

Abstract:

This book investigates transnational families’ ideological language
motivations, strategies and experiences. The rich interview and
observation data from fourteen multilingual families living in Wales
and Finland provide insight into the challenges of managing national
minority and majority languages alongside a foreign language at home.
It considers the perspectives of parents and children, identifying the
strategies used to manage these languages and the effects of these
strategies on family wellbeing, particularly children’s self-esteem,
identity and sense of capability. Including a variety of Family
Language Policy prototypes and language communities, it suggests
adjustments to parental strategies and promotes awareness of positive
psychology and peer support for language communities.
This book will be of interest to researchers and policymakers in
language education and multilingualism as well as parents engaged with
Family Language Policy.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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