TY  - GEN
AU  - Chong, Alberto E.
TI  - Is It Possible to Speak English Without Thinking American?: On Globalization and the Determinants of Cultural Assimilation
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/02/07
DO  - 10.18235/0010856
AB  - 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.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0010856
ER  -