Publications

Publication details [#59038]

Eisenchlas, Susana A., Andrea C. Schalley and Elizabeth Venables. 2014. One-parent-one-language (OPOL) families: is the majority language-speaking parent instrumental in the minority language development? International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 17 (4) : 429–448.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family conversation | language maintenance | majority language | minority language | mother-child conversation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This qualitative analysis of three Brisbane OPOL (one-parent-one-language) pattern families' language uses and motivations indicates that the majority language-speaking parent's key role exceeds majority language input and may help to advance minority language growth and preservation.