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Language, migration and social mobility in Catalonia / edited by Amado Alarcón, Luis Garzón.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 121.
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 121
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility--Spain--Catalonia.
- Social mobility.
- Emigration and immigration--Spain--Catalonia.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social integration--Spain--Catalonia.
- Social integration.
- Catalonia (Spain)--Languages.
- Catalonia (Spain).
- Sociolinguistics--Spain--Catalonia.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Spain--Catalonia.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 160 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Summary:
- Alarcon (sociology, U. Rovira I Virgili, Spain) and Garzon (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Latin America, U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) present results from a research project investigating links between language and processes of social mobility among second-generation migrants from Argentina, Colombia, and Morocco to the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain, where Catalan (the historical language of the region) and Spanish serve as dual official languages and most citizens are bilingual. The research tested the hypothesis that knowledge of Catalan among migrants and their children has a positive effect on social mobility through a feedback process where proficiency in Catalan provides instrumental value in the process of integration and this instrumental value influences the prestige and adherence to the language and society of Catalan. The analysis is conducted primarily through qualitative case studies of migrant family biographies. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Language and second generation in Catalonia / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon
- Social integration of migrants, language, and the second generation / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon
- Second generation Argentineans : between identity and mobilization / Luis Garzon
- Social mobility and the Catalan language : analysis of second generation
- Migrants from Colombia / Iskra Pavez Soto
- Second generation Moroccans in Catalonia : language, employment, and social
- Inclusion / Aitor Hernandez-Carr
- Evaluation of social mobility and language in context / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon
- Concluding remarks : the instrumental and symbolic dimensions of multilingualism in comparative perspective / Amado Alarcon and Luis Garzon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004211230
- 9004211233
- OCLC:
- 738347899
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