Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants
Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants
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DOI：
10.2307/3088327
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发表时间：
2002-08-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Stults, B
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作者：
Alba, R;Logan, J;Stults, B
我们调查是否一个三代模型的语言同化，从以前的移民浪潮，可以适用于当代，移民群体的后代。使用5%的综合公共使用微数据样本1990年的文件，我们研究了家庭语言的第二代和第三代儿童和比较他们的语言转变的程度对欧洲移民的后代，证明在1940年和1970年的人口普查。总的来说，一些当代群体只说英语的比例表明，亚洲人的英语化速度与欧洲人大致相同，但在西班牙语后裔中较慢。多元模型的三个关键组-中国人，古巴人和墨西哥人-表明，家庭语言的第三代儿童的影响最大的因素，如通婚，决定语言的成年人和社区环境。
We investigate whether a three-generation model of linguistic assimilation, known from previous waves of immigration, can be applied to the descendants of contemporary, immigrant groups. Using the 5% Integrated Public Use Microdata Sample 1990 file, we examine the home languages of second- and third-generation children and compare the degree of their language shift against that among the descendants of European immigrants, as evidenced in the 1940 and 1970 censuses. Overall, the rates of speaking only English for a number of contemporay, groups suggest that Anglicization is occurring at roughly, the same pace for Asians as it did for Europeans, but is slower among the descendants of Spanish speakers. Multivariate models for three critical groups-Chinese, Cubans, and Mexicans-indicate that the home languages of third-generation children are Most affected by factors, such as intermarriage, that determine the languages spoken by adults and by, the communal context.