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Speech Cross-Cultural Project Research Guide

A guide to informational resources for the final speech cross-cultural group project.

For more information on Assimilation and Acculturation

Search Term Development

Helpful Search Terms:

  • Assimilation:  "Assimilation is the process by which individuals of a foreign or minority culture enter the social positions of the standard or dominant culture in which they reside."  Assimmilation is a social process.
  • Acculturation:  Acculturation is "the process by which individuals of foreign or minority cultures learn the language, habits, and values of the standard or dominant culture in which they reside."  Acculturation is a cultural process.

The above definitions excerpted from the following excellent article:

Thompson, Richard H.  "Assimilation."  In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, edited by David Levinson and Melvin Ember, vol 1, 112-116.  New York:  Henry Holt, 1996.

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  • Try searching for the assigned country’s nationality and the word “American” together such as "Afghan American" or "Chinese American."
  • Try broader terms just as "Hispanic American" or "Muslim American.

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  • Try searches for the country’s nationality and “immigration."
  • Try searches for a specific non-western religion and American.