AbstractWe investigate the relative intensity of use of English and French at home for allophone immigrants in the Montreal metropolitan area. We find that the linguistic distances between immigrants’ mother tongues and English and French have an important impact on the relative intensities of use at home of the two Canadian official languages. However, immigrants whose mother tongues are closer to French than to English are relatively less likely to use an official language at home. We further investigate the role of spousal and other characteristics on the integration of immigrants. The results suggest that the home environment is an important factor contributing to the linguistic integration. Individuals exposed to an official language at home with their spouse have significantly higher rates of linguistic integration. Also, English is more attractive than French in the sense that immigrants with an Anglophone partner will have higher integration rates to English than those with a Francophone partner integrating to French.

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蒙特利尔多语言背景下的移民语言整合

摘要我们调查了蒙特利尔大都会地区异位异音移民在家中使用英语和法语的相对强度。我们发现移民的母语与英语和法语之间的语言距离对两种加拿大官方语言在国内的相对使用强度有重要影响。然而，母语更接近法语而不是英语的移民在家中使用官方语言的可能性相对较低。我们进一步研究了配偶和其他特征对移民融合的作用。结果表明，家庭环境是促进语言整合的重要因素。与配偶在家中接触官方语言的个人语言融合率明显更高。还，