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acculturation and assimilation: a clarification
Author(s) -
TESKE RAYMOND H. C.,
NELSON BARDIN H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1974.1.2.02a00090
Subject(s) - acculturation , assimilation (phonology) , salient , sociology , contrast (vision) , epistemology , cultural assimilation , order (exchange) , psychology , social psychology , computer science , linguistics , anthropology , artificial intelligence , business , ethnic group , philosophy , finance
The purpose of this paper is to provide a clarification of the relationship between acculturation and assimilation through the development of a conceptual framework. By means of a careful review of theoretically relevant literature prevalent characteristics related to each concept are delineated and discussed in order to identify and synthesize common, as well as contrasting, elements. A comparison of these elements or characteristics is then undertaken pursuant to proffering a clarification. In short, then, this paper seeks to compare and contrast salient characteristics of the concepts of acculturation and assimilation in order to clarify and delineate the relationship between them.