Name: Mother Tongue Tied. On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism
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Author: Malwina Gudowska
ISBN: 9781804442630

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Mother Tongue Tied. On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Footnote Press Ltd

Author

Malwina Gudowska

Year

2026

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.80 x 12.90 cm

ISBN13

9781804442630

Mother Tongue Tied. On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism

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Synopsis "Mother Tongue Tied. On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism"

'Brilliantly illustrates how multilingual mothers are disproportionately tasked with preserving linguistic heritage on one hand and preparing children for public society on the other - all while finding a language for their own new maternal identity' Eliane Glaser, author of Motherhood: A ManifestoIt is estimated that more than half of the world's population communicates in more than one language and over a third of the population in the United Kingdom is multilingual. And yet life in multiple languages is rarely discussed publicly, myths and misconceptions prevail and the pressure to keep heritage languages alive has become a private conflict for millions. Linguistic diversity is more prevalent than ever, but so is linguistic inequality. Linguist Malwina Gudowska, herself trilingual, sheds light on the ways in which we navigate language, its power to shape and reshape lives, and the ripple effects felt far beyond any one home or any one language. It takes one generation for a family language to be lost. One generation - like mother to child. Mother Tongue Tied explores the emotional weight of raising multilingual children while grappling with your own identity and notions of home. At what cost does a mother save a language? Or does she let it slip away and, with it, a part of herself her children may never know.