Autor según el artículo: Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio; Janes, Judit; Alarcon, Amado;

Departamento: Gestió d'Empreses

Autor/es de la URV: Alarcón Alarcón, Amado

Palabras clave: Occupational aspirations Linguistic acculturation Language knowledge Descendants of immigrants Catalonia

Resumen: One of the most influential factors in the future access to the labour market of a young descendant of migrants is their occupational aspirations. Sociodemographic, socio-cultural, and socio-professional family elements or knowledge of languages are key in their formation. But in bilingual societies like Catalonia, the symbolism associated with languages is an added complexity. Thus, this article aims to analyse the influence and predictive power of linguistic knowledge and linguistic acculturation profiles on occupational aspirations, using a questionnaire completed by 205 young people of African, European, and Latin American origin in Lleida. The findings indicate that better knowledge of Catalan and a profile of linguistic acculturation which emphasises this language predict above-mean occupational aspirations. Knowledge of Spanish has an unclear role and a profile prioritising Spanish is a negative predictor. We conclude that language knowledge becomes a resource 'through' its symbolic value, questioning theories postulating that multilingualism always allows/facilitates access to better occupations.

Áreas temáticas: Linguistics and language Linguistics Language and linguistics Language & linguistics Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Education & educational research Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Direcció de correo del autor: amado.alarcon@urv.cat amado.alarcon@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-4640-2681 0000-0003-4640-2681

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-07-09

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14790718.2021.1898615

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: International Journal Of Multilingualism. 20 (2): 153-168

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio; Janes, Judit; Alarcon, Amado; (2023). The differentiated role of language knowledge and linguistic acculturation strategies in the configuration of occupational aspirations: the case of the descendants of migrants in Western Catalonia. International Journal Of Multilingualism, 20(2), 153-168. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2021.1898615

DOI del artículo: 10.1080/14790718.2021.1898615

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2023

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications