ABSTRACT

One of the most influential factors in the future access to the labour market of a young descendant of migrants is their occupational aspirations. Sociodemographic, socio-cultural, and socio-professional family elements or knowledge of languages are key in their formation. But in bilingual societies like Catalonia, the symbolism associated with languages is an added complexity.

Thus, this article aims to analyse the influence and predictive power of linguistic knowledge and linguistic acculturation profiles on occupational aspirations, using a questionnaire completed by 205 young people of African, European, and Latin American origin in Lleida.

The findings indicate that better knowledge of Catalan and a profile of linguistic acculturation which emphasises this language predict above-mean occupational aspirations. Knowledge of Spanish has an unclear role and a profile prioritising Spanish is a negative predictor.

We conclude that language knowledge becomes a resource ‘through’ its symbolic value, questioning theories postulating that multilingualism always allows/facilitates access to better occupations.

摘要

影响年轻移民后裔未来进入劳动力市场的最重要因素之一是他们的职业抱负。社会人口、社会文化和社会职业家庭因素或语言知识是其形成的关键。但在加泰罗尼亚这样的双语社会中，与语言相关的象征意义更加复杂。

因此，本文旨在通过莱里达 205 名非洲、欧洲和拉丁美洲裔年轻人完成的调查问卷，分析语言知识和语言文化适应概况对职业抱负的影响和预测能力。

研究结果表明，对加泰罗尼亚语的更好了解以及强调这种语言的语言文化适应概况预示着高于平均水平的职业抱负。西班牙语知识的作用不明确，优先考虑西班牙语的个人资料是一个负面预测因素。

我们得出的结论是，语言知识“通过”其象征价值成为一种资源，质疑多语言总是允许/促进获得更好职业的理论。