Naslov
Bilingualism and Bicultural Identity: Influence of Individual and Contextual Factors

Autori
Čirjak, Martina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Odjel za anglistiku

Mjesto
Zadar

Datum
04.07

Godina
2017

Stranica
60

Mentor
Škifić, Sanja

Ključne riječi
bilingualism, bicultural identity, blendedness, harmony, individual factors, contextual factors

Sažetak
Life with two languages and cultures represents a challenge for most individuals as the values, beliefs and practices of a particular culture shape one’s bicultural identity. Moreover, a bicultural individual can perceive the two cultures as distanced or overlapping (blendedness) and can feel a tension or rather compatibility (harmony) between them. In addition, there exist differences that can be connected to different individual and contextual variables.The research conducted among 10 bicultural individuals in Switzerland shows how performance-related factors such as the engagement in the two cultures, the identification with both cultures and the acculturation attitudes predict higher perceived blendedness, whereas affective components such as personality traits, strained intercultural relationships, higher perceived discrimination and prejudice can lead to lower perceived harmony between the two cultures. In addition, the results of the research suggest that factors such as maturation and the objective distance between the two cultures may also have an influence on blendedness and harmony. However, the bicultural experience and the contact with two cultures can vary to a high degree among individuals, which is why individual and contextual factors can influence one’s bicultural identity in different ways.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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