Child language brokering and multilingualism in Catalonia: language use and attitudes in a bilingual region

Children and young people from migrated families often learn host languages faster than their parents might do, very ages they help parents, or community members by translating interpreting, known as child language brokering (CLB). Language brokers need to mediate with different in contexts are more likely become aware of the status use contact other non-brokers a migrant background. This article studies phenomenon CLB Catalonia, bilingual region, sociolinguistic perspective. It seeks understand linguistic reality these brokers, attitudes towards speak. The results show complex picture which clear archetypes multilingualism, tensions preferences each spoken. also reflects on key role plays maintenance revitalization heritage language(s) culture(s).