Family language policy among second- and third-generation Turkish parents in Melbourne, Australia

This study investigated the Family Language Policy of second- and third-generation Turkish parents in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier research has shown that family home is a crucial site for language maintenance [Fishman 1991. Reversing Shift: Theoretical Empirical Foundations Assistance to Threatened Languages. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters]. The family, home, remains most migrant groups their younger generations main domain heritage use. presence speakers, especially those with lower majority (English) proficiency levels conducive maintenance. However, case second third-generation, particularly Australian-born parents, communication English children becomes more dominant. As there been no earlier on Turkish-speaking Australia, data were collected beliefs practices 45 bilingual families. findings show symbolic part cultural identity families studied. Findings reveal challenges faced by concerning within as become fluent further intertwined other cultures an expectation assimilate towards Australian culture English-speaking mainstream.