The Sociolinguistic Integration of Immigrant Populations: Reflections on Its Study
Department of Linguistics and Oriental Studies, Faculty of Language Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Languages 2019, 4(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages4020035
Received: 25 April 2019 / Revised: 4 June 2019 / Accepted: 6 June 2019 / Published: 7 June 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Sociolinguistic Integration of Migration)
Taking as its main point of departure the research carried out in the Madrid context by the Hispalin-UAH team of the IN.MIGRA2-CM project, the goal of this article is to reflect on the role of the linguistic dimension within the process of the social integration of migrant populations. It trains its sights on the need to work from a cognitive angle which may help to show how those involved in the process construct and re-define the new context, and on the need to consider the host population—as the prime conditioner of the process—and to identify and analyse in depth the components of identity that are modified as a result of cultural contact.
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Keywords:
cognitive sociolinguistics; migration; sociolinguistic integration; cultural contact; city of Madrid
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