U8 L3: Acculturation and Assimilation

• this refers to the exchange of cultural features that result when different groups come into continouos firsthand contact

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• this refers to the process by which a person's language and/or culture become similar to another culture/language

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• acculturation or assimilation: a process where a group adopts the dominant culture

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• acculturation or assimilation: process where a group adopts the dominant culture BUT the identity of one group remains the same but modified


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• acculturation or assimilation: the transmission of values and customs from one group to another


  acculturation
• acculturation or assimilation: 2 groups exchange cultural fwatures, group remains distinct


  acculturation
• acculturation or assimilation: is generally used to describe minority groups and immigrants, process takes place in major cultural groups, where even though a minority person begins to speak and act like those of major culture, he may retain some original customs, traditions, and beliefs


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• acculturation or assimilation: the cultural BLENDING of two or more previously different societies


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• acculturation or assimilation: absorption of a minority group to be part of majority


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• acculturation or assimilation: there is an interpenetration of cultural aspects so the groups would join together


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• acculturation or assimilation: japanese person immigrates to us --> learns features of american culture > japanese transfer own culture to majority culture


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• acculturation or assimilation: pansit came from chinese -> filipinos adopt it and have their own versions: palabok and habhab


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• acculturation or assimilation: cultural absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body


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• acculturation or assimilation: mostly used in terms of immigrants/minority groups. they were absorbed into the main culture and loses their characteristics of culture (language, traditions, self identity)


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• acculturation or assimilation: can be quick or gradual, spontaneous or forced, original culture replaced by a new one


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• this term refers on when the person from minority group is indistinguishable from others


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