Is It Possible to Speak English Without Thinking American?: On Globalization and the Determinants of Cultural Assimilation
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.
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| Format: | Working Papers biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Integration and Trade, WP-557, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010856 https://publications.iadb.org/en/it-possible-speak-english-without-thinking-american-globalization-and-determinants-cultural |
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