We studied how individuals’ ethnolinguistic affiliation relates to the ethnolinguistic structure of kinship in contemporary Finland, a society in which Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking ethnolinguistic groups have coexisted for centuries and mixed marital unions are common. Using multigenerational data from the population register, we determine...
Using Finnish register data, this study assesses the role of cultural proximity in international migration. Finland has an ethnic minority of Swedish speakers, allowing us to proxy for different strengths of attachment to Finland across the population. We exploit information on individual and parental ethno-linguistic affiliation to identify Swedis...
This chapter analyses the foreign language usage of migrants to France over the last 50 years. The TeO survey enables us to place language usage in the context of individual linguistic repertoires and migration trajectories, taking account of social characteristics and transnational practices. The use of languages other than French evolves in respo...
This article examines how the people and initiatives of countries of emigration are supporting (or failing to support) the maintenance of the native languages of migrants in Europe. To that end, existing links need to be identified between European languages and languages of origin. Firstly, not all languages are equal, and a social hierarchy exist...
