“Boundary-Maintenance” or “Boundary-Crossing”? Name-Giving Practices among Immigrants in Germany

IF 0.9 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Names-A Journal of Onomastics Pub Date : 2020-11-30 DOI:10.1080/00277738.2020.1849925

J. Gerhards, Julia Tuppat

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Abstract

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 group and host country.

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“维持边界”还是“跨越边界”?德国移民的取名习惯

这项研究调查了为什么一些移民为他们的孩子选择在本国常见的名字，而另一些移民则选择东道国当地人使用的名字。根据关于符号边界的社会学文献，第一种策略可以被描述为边界维持，而第二种策略可以归类为边界跨越。利用德国社会经济小组研究的数据，并应用双变量和多变量方法，检验了对命名做法的两种更广泛的解释：（1）文化接近性和母国和东道国之间象征边界的渗透性；以及（2）移民在东道国的语言、结构、社会和情感融合水平。总的来说，理论模型非常令人满意地解释了这些差异。虽然这两组因素都与移民的命名做法有关，但移民在东道国的融合程度不如原籍群体和东道国之间的文化接近程度重要。

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Names-A Journal of Onomastics Multiple-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

50.00%

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期刊介绍： Names, the journal of the American Name Society, is one of the world"s leading journals in the study of onomastics. Since the first issue in 1952, this quarterly journal has published hundreds of articles, reviews, and notes, seeking to find out what really is in a name, and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names. Individuals subscribing to Names automatically become members of the American Name Society and receive the journal as part of their membership.