Family language policy among Kurdish–Persian speaking families in Kermanshah, Iran
Family language policy among Kurdish–Persian speaking families in Kermanshah, Iran
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伊朗克尔曼沙赫库尔德-波斯语家庭的家庭语言政策
作者：
Hadis Tamleh;Saeed Rezaei;N. Boivin
在过去的十年里，少数民族语言的研究在伊朗受到了越来越多的关注。借鉴斯波尔斯基（斯波尔斯基，伯纳德。2004）。语言政策。剑桥：剑桥大学出版社)的语言政策理论框架，这个调查报告的语言意识形态，实践，和管理工作的一组未开发的库尔德家庭居住在克尔曼沙阿市。为此，半结构化访谈和民族志实地调查指导了40名库尔德语-波斯语双语父母的数据收集。对数据的专题分析显示，家庭语言政策的三个要素之间存在明显的不一致。也就是说，父母对库尔德语的强烈依恋并不一定会转化为他们的语言实践和努力。结果还表明，被研究的父母对孩子的库尔德语熟练程度采取了一种减法方法。我们认为，父母不是传承语言维护的核心力量，还有其他外部因素决定着母语的传播。
Abstract Minority language studies have received increasing attention over the last decade in Iran. Drawing on Spolsky’s (Spolsky, Bernard. 2004. Language policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) language policy theoretical framework, this inquiry reports on the language ideologies, practices, and management efforts of an under-explored group of Kurdish families residing in the city of Kermanshah. To this end, semi-structured interviews and ethnographic fieldwork guided the collection of data from 40 Kurdish–Persian bilingual parents. The thematic analysis of data revealed glaring inconsistencies among the three elements of family language policy (FLP). That is parents’ strong attachment to Kurdish did not necessarily translate into their language practices and efforts. The results also suggest that the studied parents adopted a subtractive approach to their children’s proficiency in Kurdish. We argue that parents are not the core force in heritage language maintenance and there are other external factors determining the transmission of the home language.