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Immigrant Linguistic Integration in the Multilingual Context of Montreal
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Immigrant Linguistic Integration in the Multilingual Context of Montreal
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The authors investigate the relative intensity of use of English and French at home for Allophone immigrants in the Montreal metropolitan area. They found that the linguistic distances between immigrants’ mother tongues and English and French have an important impact on the relative intensities of use at home of the two Canadian official languages. However, immigrants whose mother tongues are closer to French than to English are relatively less likely to use an official language at home. The authors further investigate the role of spousal and other characteristics on the integration of immigrants. The results suggest that the home environment is an important factor contributing to the linguistic integration. Individuals exposed to an official language at home with their spouse have significantly higher rates of linguistic integration. Also, the authors found that English is more attractive than French in the sense that immigrants with an Anglophone partner will have higher integration rates to English than those with a Francophone partner integrating to French.
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Language Problems and Language Planning
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Vol. 45
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no. 1
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80-104
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August 2021
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en
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Bousmah, Ibrahim, and Gilles Grenier. “Immigrant Linguistic Integration in the Multilingual Context of Montreal.” Language Problems and Language Planning Vol. 45, no. 1 (August 2021): 80–104.
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