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“Boundary-Maintenance” or “Boundary-Crossing”? Name-Giving Practices among Immigrants in Germany ...
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This study investigates why some immigrants choose names for their children that are common in their home country whereas others opt for names used by natives in the host country. Drawing on the sociological literature on symbolic boundaries, the first strategy can be described as boundary-maintenance whereas the second can be classified as boundary-crossing. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and applying bivariate and multivariate methods, two broader explanations for name-giving practices are tested: (1) cultural proximity and the permeability of the symbolic boundary between home and host country; and (2) immigrants’ levels of linguistic, structural, social, and emotional integration in the host country. Overall, the theoretical model explains the differences very satisfactorily. Whilst both sets of factors proved relevant to immigrants’ name-giving practices, the immigrants’ level of integration in the host country was less important than the cultural proximity between the origin ...
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300 Sozialwissenschaften300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie301 Soziologie, Anthropologie; anthroponymy; boundary-making; Germany; immigrants; integration; symbolic boundaries
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URL: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/32647
https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-32371
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Symbolische Grenzziehungen und nationale Herkunft: eine explorative Studie über Distinktionsprozesse an einer multinationalen Schule in Brüssel
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In: 36 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 31 (2017)
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Why the EU should change its language policy: making the case for promoting English as Europe's Lingua Franca
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In: 32 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 14 (2015)
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From Babel to Brussels: European integration and the importance of transnational linguistic capital
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In: 28 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 222 (2014)
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Virtuelle Transnationalisierung: Partizipation der EU‐Bürger an einer transnationalen europäischen Öffentlichkeit
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In: 27 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 37 (2013)
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Kritik des neuen Kultes der Minderheitensprachen
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In: 22 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 26 (2013)
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Transnationales Bildungskapital und soziale Ungleichheit
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In: 25 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 37 (2013)
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From Babel to Brussels ... : European integration and the importance of transnational linguistic capital ...
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Virtuelle Transnationalisierung ... : Partizipation der EU‐Bürger an einer transnationalen europäischen Öffentlichkeit ...
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Transnationales linguistisches Kapital der Bürger und der Prozess der europäischen Integration
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In: 17 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 28 (2012)
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Zur Erklärung der Assimilation von Migranten an die Einwanderungsgesellschaft am Beispiel der Vergabe von Vornamen
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In: 5 ; Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE) ; 27 (2012)
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