Education paper by Szabó T., Annamária Ulla
Language, Culture, Identity: Language Socialization Strategies in Multilingual Families (Accepted)
Type of Abstract (select): Paper presentationAbstract (max. 250 words):
The present sociolinguistic research examines the language socialization strategies of Hungarian parents living abroad in Europe, in terms of language choice, access to cultural resources, and the construction of identity structures. The research is based on online questionnaire survey of 471 family members’ language use from 128 participant families.
The aim of the study is to explore the family language polices, socialization strategies and identity formation in multilingual families living in Hungarian diaspora, outside of the Carpathian Basin; and besides presenting alternatives for other families to help them to create their own family language policy.
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Annamária Ulla Szabó T., linguist, assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She gained her diplomas at the Eötvös Loránd University on French and Hungarian Language and Literature (2008) and Hungarian as a Foreign Language (2009). She earned her PhD in 2013 in Hungarian Linguistics. Her research area is sociolinguistics, multilingualism, socio-onomastics: the interaction of language, culture and identity; multilingual socialization, family language polices; multilingual names and identity; motivations of married name choice in Hungary. Her methodological studies have their focus on the concentrated competence development of listening comprehension skills and cultural mediation in Hungarian as a foreign language.