Is It Possible to Speak English Without Thinking American? On Globalization and the Determinants of Cultural Assimilation

Arbeitspapier

Based on research in linguistics and psychology I use language speech as a reflection of acculturation. I use individual and city-level data from the Lake Ontario area in Canada and study the determinants of cultural assimilation. I focus on education, age, income, and in particular, on some variables typically discussed when globalization issues come up, such as immigration, television viewing, borders, and residence history of the individuals. I find that actual contact does matter as a determinant of cultural homogenization. Virtual contact appears to be irrelevant. This finding is robust to changes in specification and to different empirical methods.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 557

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Sprache ; Globalisierung ; Kulturelle Identität ; Kanada

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Chong, Alberto
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
• (wo): Washington, DC
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/88063
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ