scholarly journals Acculturation and attitudes toward code-switching: A bidimensional framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 136700692110194
Author(s):  
Odilia Yim ◽  
Richard Clément
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Bidimensional Model ◽  
Social Strategy

Aims and objectives: Code-switching, the spontaneous switching from one language to another within a single speech event, is often performed by bilinguals who have mastered a communicative competence in two languages. It is also a social strategy – using linguistic cues as a means to index social categories and group solidarity. Code-switching is, therefore, linked to attitudes, seen as a reflection of the speaker and their values and identities. Traditionally perceived negatively, attitudes toward code-switching have been shown to be acceptable in certain cases, such as in multilingual contexts. However, it has yet to be determined empirically whether attitudes toward code-switching are associated with individual social characteristics, including cultural identity and identity negotiation. Adopting the bidimensional model of acculturation, the goal of the study was to investigate the relationships among cultural identity and code-switching attitudes. Specifically, we sought to examine whether the bidimensional framework can be used to characterize and distinguish biculturals and whether such distinctions result in differences in code-switching attitudes and other related factors. Data and analysis: Cantonese-English bilinguals ( n = 67) reported their language background and completed questionnaires relating to identity and code-switching. Findings: The findings suggest the bidimensional model was successful in classifying biculturals versus non-biculturals and, additionally, that biculturals could be differentiated according to their strength of cultural identification, which we designated as strong biculturals, Canadian-oriented biculturals, Chinese-oriented biculturals, and weak biculturals. Findings also revealed significant group differences in code-switching attitudes and other factors, such as code-switching comfort and preference, among the bicultural subgroups. Implications: The study supports the hypothesis that code-switching is linked to bicultural identity. The results conclude that a more nuanced classification of biculturals is meaningful, as individual differences in cultural identification among biculturals are linked to significant differences in code-switching comfort, code-switching preference, code-switching attitudes, and multicultural attitudes.

scholarly journals Italian Mothers and Italian-Canadian Daughters: Using Language to Negotiate the Politics of Gender

Genealogy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Elena Anna Spagnuolo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Female Condition ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Family Narratives ◽  
Mother Daughter Relationship ◽  
Linguistic Means

This paper examines how migration redefines family narratives and dynamics. Through a parallel between the mother and the mother tongue, I unravel the emotional, linguistic, social, and ideological connotations of the mother–daughter relationship, which I define as a ‘condensed narrative about origin and identity’. This definition refers to the fact that the daughter’s biological, affective, linguistic, and socio-cultural identity grounds in the mother. The mother–daughter tie also has a gendered dimension, which opens up interesting gateways into the female condition. Taking this assumption as a starting point, I examine how migration, impacting on the mother–daughter relationship, can redefine gender roles and challenge models of femininity, which are culturally, socially, geographically, and linguistically embedded. I investigate this aspect from a linguistic perspective, through a reading of a corpus of narratives written by four Italian-Canadian writers. The movement from Italy to Canada enacts ‘the emergence of alternative family romances’ and draws new routes to femininity. This paper seeks to illustrate how, in the narratives I examine, these new routes are explored through linguistic means. The authors in my corpus use code-switching to highlight contrasting views of femininity and reposition themselves with respect to politics of gender.

scholarly journals IDEOLOGICAL GROUNDS OF CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS: FORMATION CONTEXTS

2017 ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
V. G. Napadysta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Cultural Revival ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
National Movement ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
Crimean Tatar

The article describes the current ideological grounds of the cultural identity of the Crimean Tatars; the historical and political contexts of their formation is studied, comparative analysis of the activity of the first institutional bodies of the Crimean Tatar national movement – National movement of the Crimean Tatars and Organization of the Crimean Tatar national movement – representations of the ideological longings of the nation, is performed; their role in the creation, expansion, extension of the meaning and practical implementation of the ideological grounds stated in program documents of the named organizations, are determined; it analyzes their differences inthe strategic value landmarks and tactical steps, stipulated by them, which have become the reason of different vectors of the mentioned institutional representatives of the Crimean Tatar people in the process of cultural identification, based on unified ideological grounds – national identity, repatriation and national-cultural revival. This study articulates the value of the ideological grounds of the cultural identification of the Crimean Tatars in solving a whole range of problems, caused by the return of the Crimean Tatars to their historical motherland. The traditional orientation of the power establishments of the independent Ukraine on the economic, inter-ethnic,religious segments of the integration process of the Crimean Tatars into the Ukrainian community, neutral lized the role of their value orientations and ideological longings, which in its turn did not allow to see the CrimeanTatars as the most proUkrainian power in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The importance of the analysis of the ideological grounds of the cultural identity of the Crimean Tatars, differences in strategic values and tactical steps of the various establishments of the Crimean Tatar national movement, isstipulated by the search of models of efficient projects to return and re-integrate the occupied territory of Ukraine, which would include the humanitarian components, based on specific ideological and valuable grounds, but not limited to the economical and political measures.

scholarly journals The right of minority-refugees to preserve their cultural identity: An intersectional analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-219
Author(s):  
Stephanie Eleanor Berry ◽  
Isilay Taban
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
Address Forms ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

While UN treaty bodies have sought to address forms of oppression resulting from the intersection of gender, race and/or disability through their practice, they rarely recognise the experience of groups at the intersection of other social categories. This article uses the lens of intersectionality to analyse the practice of UN treaty bodies in relation to the intersection of minority and refugee status. We argue that while minority-refugees have fled persecution connected to their minority status, UN treaty bodies have failed to appreciate the impact of their location at the intersection of persons belonging to minorities and refugees in host States on their right to preserve their cultural identity. By failing to address the distinct experience of minority-refugees, UN treaty bodies risk participating in their oppression. Further, we reveal that current practice not only has potentially negative consequences for minority-refugees – as both individuals and groups – and for the host society but may even undermine the ability of IHRL to achieve its overarching objectives.

Bilingual verbs in three Spanish/English code-switching communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 952-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osmer Balam ◽  
María del Carmen Parafita Couto ◽  
Hans Stadthagen-González
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
English Language ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Comparative Judgment ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Language Background ◽  
Specific Distribution ◽  
Compound Verbs

Objectives/research questions: We investigate two understudied bilingual compound verbs that have been attested in Spanish/English code-switching; namely, ‘ hacer + VInf’ and ‘ estar + VProg’. Specifically, we examined speakers’ intuitions vis-à-vis the acceptability and preferential use of non-canonical and canonical hacer ‘to do’ or estar ‘to be’ bilingual constructions among bilinguals from Northern Belize, New Mexico and Puerto Rico. Methodology: Speakers from Northern Belize ( n = 44), New Mexico ( n = 32) and Puerto Rico ( n = 30) completed a two-alternative forced-choice acceptability task and a language background questionnaire. Data and analysis: The data were examined using an analysis of variance and Thurstone’s Law of Comparative Judgment. Conclusions: Whereas Northern Belizean bilinguals gave the highest ratings to ‘ hacer + VInf’, both groups of US bilinguals gave preferential ratings to ‘ estar + VProg’ bilingual constructions. On the other hand, Puerto Rican bilinguals gave the highest preferential ratings to the canonical estar bilingual compound verbs (i.e. estar + an English progressive verb) but rejected hacer bilingual compound verbs. While ‘ hacer + VInf’ and ‘ estar + VProg’ may represent variants that are available to Spanish/English bilinguals, the present findings suggest a community-specific distribution, in which hacer bilingual compound verbs are consistently preferred over estar bilingual compound verbs in Northern Belize, whereas estar bilingual constructions are preferred among US bilinguals. Originality: This is the first cross-community examination of these bilingual compound verbs in Northern Belize (Central America/Caribbean), New Mexico (Southwest US) and Puerto Rico (US/Caribbean), three contexts in the Spanish-speaking world characterized by long-standing Spanish/English language contact and the use of bilingual language practices. Implications: Findings underscore the importance of bilingual language experience in modulating linguistic competence and the necessity to study code-switching from a language ecological perspective, as subtle context-specific patterns in code-switching varieties may be manifested not only in bilingual speakers’ oral production but in intuition as well. A more fine-grained understanding of speakers’ judgments is vital to experimental studies that seek to investigate code-switching grammars both within and across communities where code-switching varieties of the same language pair are spoken.

scholarly journals Does Socioeconomic Inequality Explain Ethnic Differences in Nicotine Dependence? Evidence from a New Zealand Birth Cohort

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dannette Marie ◽  
David M. Fergusson ◽  
Joseph M. Boden
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Health And Development

Objective: The present study examined the role of socioeconomic status and cultural identity in the association between ethnicity and nicotine dependence, in a birth cohort of >1000 methods young people studied to age 30. Methods: Data were gathered on ethnicity, cultural identification, nicotine dependence, and socioeconomic factors, as part of a longitudinal study of a New Zealand birth cohort (the Christchurch Health and Development Study). Results: Those reporting Māori identity had rates of nicotine dependence that were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than rates for non-Māori. Control for socioeconomic factors reduced the associations between ethnic identity and nicotine dependence to statistical non-significance. In addition, there was no evidence of a statistically significant association between Māori cultural identity and nicotine dependence, nor was there evidence of gender differences in the association between ethnic identity and nicotine dependence, after controlling for socioeconomic factors. Conclusions: The higher rates of nicotine dependence observed among Māori appear to be attributable to differences in socioeconomic status. Efforts to improve the socioeconomic standing of Māori should therefore help to reduce rates of nicotine dependence in this population.

Beyond ‘Migrant Background’: How to Select Relevant, Social Justice Oriented, and Feasible Social Categories in Educational Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Vietze ◽  
Miriam Schwarzenthal ◽  
Ursula Moffitt ◽  
Sauro Civitillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Binary Variable ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
Migrant Background ◽  
Multigroup Sem

Across continental Europe, educational research samples are often divided by ‘migrant background,’ a binary variable criticized for masking participant heterogeneity and reinforcing exclusionary norms of belonging. This study endorses more meaningful, representative, and precise research by offering four guiding questions for selecting relevant, social justice oriented, and feasible social categories. Using a preregistered empirical example, we compare selected social categories (‘migrant background,’ family heritage, religion, citizenship, cultural identification, generation status) in their potential to reveal participant heterogeneity and differences in means and relations between variables (discrimination experiences, perceived societal Islamophobia, national identity) and academic motivation among 1335 adolescents in Germany (48% female, Mage = 14.69). Regression analyses and multigroup SEM revealed differential experiences with and implications of discrimination for academic motivation. Results highlight the need for a deliberate, transparent use of social categories to make discrimination visible and centre participants’ subjective experiences.

scholarly journals Le code-switching comme ressource pour l'organisation de la parole-en-interaction

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Mondada
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Interactional Linguistics ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Interactional Perspective ◽  
General Linguistics ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe aim of the paper is both to present existing research in interactional linguistics and to highlight some broader issues it raises for general linguistics. Thus, code-switching is dealt with not just as a particular phenomenon, but as a key area of study revealing important contemporary issues for linguistics.Plurilingualism has been approached from several perspectives: among them, the interactional approaches have focussed their inquiries on code-switching as it can be observed in naturally occurring interactional materials, recorded in various social settings. This empirical base has been fruitful for the exploration not only of the socio-pragmatic functionalities of code-switching but also for a redefinition of the grammatical resources involved in the organization of talk-in-interaction. In order to present these contributions, the paper will sketch some approaches coming from a broad interactional perspective, and develop more explicitly the approach inspired by conversation analysis.This leads us to formulate a series of issues to which code-switching can contribute in a powerful way :- issues dealing with the very definition of what the grammatical resources are: code-switching is not just the use of two or more codes by the speakers, but involves the active reconfiguration of what a "code" or, better, what a grammatical resource can be - as a flexible, indexical resource endogenously and locally redefined by the speakers for the practical purposes of the interaction.- issues dealing with the accomplishment of identities and social categories in interaction, dealt with as the emergent product of locally organized socio-linguistic practices;- issues dealing with the organization of sequentiality of talk-in-interaction : the way in which code-switching is mobilized both adjust and shape the interactional order and can teach us much about it.These issues are discussed by referring to the state of the art of this field and to the detailed analysis of a few excerpts of naturally occurring interactions recorded at work.

scholarly journals The Concept of Lexicon Devoted to Silesian Culinary Art

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 46-62
Author(s):  
Lidia Przymuszała ◽  
Dorota Świtała-Trybek
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Language System ◽  
Significant Element

As far as Silesia is concerned the language and cuisine constitute fundamental and distinguishing factors of the Silesian ethnic group, they are the determinants of cultural identity and the symbol of cultural identification. The concept of perceiving the culinary art from two perspectives, cultural and linguistic one, was born taking the above into account. Culinary art, as a component of culture understood in a broad manner, serves as a significant element of the language system as well. It plays a crucial culture-forming role in human life and it has certain position in the semantic structure of language which is adequate to its rank. The lexicon of Silesian cuisine, which is being currently prepared, aims at collecting names of dishes in one publication, not only those which are still in use today and dishes recorded in the general consciousness of Silesians, but it also aims at archiving culinary vocabulary which is basically forgotten by presenting it in close connection with the culture of the aforementioned region

scholarly journals The contribution of anthropological structuralism to the development of the concept of "cultural identity" as the object of contemporary anthropological research

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Bojan Žikić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Cognitive Operations ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Contextual Characteristics ◽  
The Way

The concept of "cultural identity", as a matter of anthropological consideration today – in the sense of its dynamic and relational character, but before that as a means of signifying human groups and simultaneously expressing what the members consider their contextual characteristics – is based on the process of cultural identification, which is the product of the act of division, delineation and classification as culturally cognitive operations arising from the experience of the surrounding reality. The initial anthropological interest in these acts we find in anthropological structuralism and its intention of searching for rules of logic which determine the ways in which we shape our world and the symbols we use to do it. Viewing identification as an attempt to establish logical reasons for a certain quality to be signified in this way in general, has its basis in the way in which structural anthropologists explained the establishing of symbolic connections between different human groups, or rather the meaning of the signs used for this purpose.

scholarly journals Participation in outdoor recreational activities and cultural identity in Australia: An exploratory qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Vegneskumar Maniam ◽  
Russel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Sociological Approach

AbstractThis paper focuses on personal statements written by 23 Year 11 students about what outdoor recreational activities they participated in and their sense of cultural identity in the culturally plural context of Australia.. A sociological approach of inductive analysis of their comments was employed to investigate the extent to which those of culturally diverse identities were actually participating in outdoor recreational activities. The respondents came from six Adelaide co-educational secondary schools which agreed to participate in the study. The responses given to the guideline questions provided evidence of participation in twelve different outdoor recreational activities, some involving individual pursuits and others group activities. Twelve students identified themselves as ‘mainstream Australian’, while eight claimed identities linked to other European and Asian cultural groups and three reported no sense of cultural identification. The evidence from this exploratory study was that those of culturally diverse identities were actually participating in outdoor recreational activities. However, they were more likely to be involved in individual rather than group activities. Furthermore they preferred land-based activities to those requiring water skills. The paper discusses the significance of the findings, implications for making future initiatives and policies in outdoor recreational activities more inclusive, as well as directions for further research.

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