‘Du er verdens beste pappa’: affect in parent–child multilingual interactions

This article examines the affective dimension of linguistic repertoire multilingual families. Specifically, resulting from a three-year ethnographic project in Norway, this study sets out to better understand role affect parent–child interactions as members two Brazilian-Norwegian families draw on their repertoires ongoing construction familial ties. A discursive analytical approach was employed examine audio-recordings made by one parents each family (i.e. around 15 h recordings total). The analysis demonstrates how certain features terms endearment and ‘you are … ’-format), combined with use participants’ repertoire, accomplish three interrelated social actions; they: (i) convey parental value-laden aspirations child-rearing, (ii) position children according expected roles, (iii) forge These findings supplemented interview data, which serve illustrate home-external contexts encouraging Portuguese home. Focusing they construct bonds contributes an underexplored area multilingualism studies.