阿拉伯语作为瑞典的家庭语言:家庭语言实践和信仰
1Department of Linguistics & Philology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Frontiers in psychology
|January 1, 2026
概括
瑞典的阿拉伯遗产家庭积极为他们的双语孩子保持阿拉伯语. 家长重视阿拉伯语和瑞典语,鼓励家中使用阿拉伯语,尽管瑞典人受到同龄人和媒体的影响越来越大.
科学领域:
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 双语研究 双语研究
- 语言获取 语言获取
背景情况:
- 阿拉伯语是瑞典最大的少数民族语言,但家庭语言实践仍未得到充分研究.
- 对于移民背景的双语孩子来说,理解语言维护至关重要.
- 这项研究侧重于阿拉伯遗产家庭,他们用阿拉伯语和瑞典语双语地抚养孩子.
研究的目的:
- 调查瑞典阿拉伯遗产家庭使用的语言维护策略.
- 检查家长对儿童双语阿拉伯语/瑞典语发展的信仰和做法.
- 确定影响母语传播和维护的因素.
主要方法:
- 对100名阿拉伯语/瑞典语儿童的父母进行了定量问卷调查.
- 两年后,与一小部分家庭进行了定性后续访谈.
- 数据收集的重点是家庭的语言习惯,信仰和家庭语言教育.
主要成果:
- 父母认为阿拉伯语和瑞典语对孩子的熟练程度同样重要.
- 强烈的家长强调在家中传播阿拉伯语,并期望孩子们会说阿拉伯语.
- 虽然亲子互动通常是用阿拉伯语进行的,但儿童/兄弟姐妹的影响和媒体增加了瑞典语的使用.
结论:
- 阿拉伯遗产家庭利用各种策略,包括扩大家庭和家庭语言教育,以维护语言.
- 家庭通常对双语的担忧较低,并从瑞典学校获得支持性的建议.
- 调查结果与瑞典的政策一致,该政策促进在家中使用少数民族语言,支持双语发展.
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