Intercultural Communications
Amir Rastegar Khaled; Masood Salmani Bidgoli Salmani Bidgoli
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The article investigates different forms of acculturation (integration, ethnic, national and diffuse) and adaptation (psychological and sociocultural) and their relations among Kurdish youth. The research uses survey methods. Research census is people between ages 18 and 29 in Kermanshah and Javanroud ...
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The article investigates different forms of acculturation (integration, ethnic, national and diffuse) and adaptation (psychological and sociocultural) and their relations among Kurdish youth. The research uses survey methods. Research census is people between ages 18 and 29 in Kermanshah and Javanroud cities in Kermanshah province. To analyze the data we used a person approach (cluster analysis) and variable approach (explanatory factor analysis and path analysis). We refer to the resulting clusters as acculturation profiles: an ethnic profile (including 30% of the sample), a national profile (24.5%), an integration profile (34.5%), and a diffuse profile (11%). Path analysis results that a combined involvement in the national and the ethnic cultures is associated with more positive adaptation outcomes. We found that the effect of ethnic orientation on psychological adaptation was stronger than the one on sociocultural adaptation. Also we found that national orientation did not have a stronger impact on sociocultural adaptation than ethnic orientation.
Yahya Modarresi
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The reflection of social transformations in language is an important issue in social linguistics, linguistic sociology, and anthropologist linguistics. The present study attempts to examine the linguistic consequences of two contemporary great transformations, namely the establishment of the European ...
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The reflection of social transformations in language is an important issue in social linguistics, linguistic sociology, and anthropologist linguistics. The present study attempts to examine the linguistic consequences of two contemporary great transformations, namely the establishment of the European Union and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The study shows that the consequences of the two are radically different; one promoted integration, while the other led to divergence. The result of the collapse of the Soviet Union was the revival of the local and native languages in different new Republics, in addition to the decrease in the power, authority, influence and dominance of the Russian language. On the other hand, the establishment of the European Union led to a linguistic integrity, resulting in preference for some special languages which are supported by the force of power and the decline in the status of powerless and minority languages. The present study shows that although the two transformations follow opposite directions (integration and divergence), they share one consequence, which is the preference for English and its domination.