Examining family language policy through realist social theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2905906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi (0000-0003-4320-2481, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 389-410 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404520000287 |
| OpenAlex | W3022431445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 70 |
In this article, I argue that one social theory that could help us better understand the interaction between social structure and human agency in the context of family language policy (FLP) research is realist social theory. FLP studies in multilingual contexts have shown that home often becomes a site where dominant societal ideologies and discourses of structuring nature compete with individual views and agency, ultimately informing language behavior. Realist social theory advocates the analytical separation of structure and agency and attributes causal powers to both social structures and individual agency. This conceptualization of structure and agency prevents us from falling into structural determinism or individual voluntarism. Through examining the linguistic ideologies and practices of thirteen mothers of young children in Tabriz, Iran, I illustrate how family language policy emerges in interaction with and response to structural powers. (Family language policy, realist social theory, Iranian Azerbaijanis, agency, social structures, language maintenance
Agency (philosophy) · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology) · Determinism · Epistemology · Ideology · Language policy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Social science · Social structure · Social theory · Sociology · Structure and agency · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 44 |
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| Citations per year | 8,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |