Transcript Models of Assimilation

Shifting Ethnic Streams
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Language and Culture, maybe with slight variations
It is possible to shift language streams without
shifting ethnic streams.
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Divergence
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Language and/or Culture change, maybe the old
stream is lost (as Anglo-Saxon, Normans, English)
Coalescence 1
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Language and Culture, maybe with slight variations
Perhaps more similar to one of the previous source
ethnicities
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Coalescence 2
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Language and Culture, maybe with slight variations
Different from all previous source ethnicities
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Detribalization
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City or new
country
Dilution and atomization of various cultures,
retaining various factors based on new affinities,
challenges, beliefs.
Retribalization
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Re-identification
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City or new
country
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Coalescence -- New ethnic entities develop out of smaller
segments, realigning on the basis of various factors of
new affinity.
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Reidentification, Divergence -- A new version of the old
identity emerges, adapted to the new situation or event.
The whole people or a portion.
Assimilation Patterns
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Re-identification
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City or new
country
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For Discussion of Models read:
Toward a Model of Assimilation
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