Lyn Wright is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Memphis, USA.

This book is well constructed by Lyn Wright with her perspicacious eyes and empathetic heart ... This groundbreaking study not only lends itself to the first-hand empirical pool of knowledge about multilingual families, but also opens a new window for researchers to detect the dynamics, and even the nuances, of language development at the societal level.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transcription 1. Toward a Critical Approach to Family Language 2. Why Are Single Parents Good at Using a Minority Language?: Talking about and to Kids 3. Walking to School in Russian: Constructing a Mother-Daughter Relationship 4. Adoptive Families: Constructing Competence, History, and Knowledge5. Gender, Sexuality, and Bilingualism in the LGBTQ+-Identified Family 6. The Monolingual, Nuclear Family: Erasing Melania Trump 7. Researching and Supporting All Families References Index

Lyn Wright is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Memphis, USA.

This book is well constructed by Lyn Wright with her perspicacious eyes and empathetic heart ... This groundbreaking study not only lends itself to the first-hand empirical pool of knowledge about multilingual families, but also opens a new window for researchers to detect the dynamics, and even the nuances, of language development at the societal level.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transcription 1. Toward a Critical Approach to Family Language 2. Why Are Single Parents Good at Using a Minority Language?: Talking about and to Kids 3. Walking to School in Russian: Constructing a Mother-Daughter Relationship 4. Adoptive Families: Constructing Competence, History, and Knowledge5. Gender, Sexuality, and Bilingualism in the LGBTQ+-Identified Family 6. The Monolingual, Nuclear Family: Erasing Melania Trump 7. Researching and Supporting All Families References Index

Lyn Wright is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Memphis, USA.

This book is well constructed by Lyn Wright with her perspicacious eyes and empathetic heart ... This groundbreaking study not only lends itself to the first-hand empirical pool of knowledge about multilingual families, but also opens a new window for researchers to detect the dynamics, and even the nuances, of language development at the societal level.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Note on Transcription 1. Toward a Critical Approach to Family Language 2. Why Are Single Parents Good at Using a Minority Language?: Talking about and to Kids 3. Walking to School in Russian: Constructing a Mother-Daughter Relationship 4. Adoptive Families: Constructing Competence, History, and Knowledge5. Gender, Sexuality, and Bilingualism in the LGBTQ+-Identified Family 6. The Monolingual, Nuclear Family: Erasing Melania Trump 7. Researching and Supporting All Families References Index