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Negotiating the Terminological Borders of ‘Language Mediation’ in English and Italian. A Discussion on the Repercussions of Terminology on the Practi…

2015

Linguistic and cultural mediation has been playing an increasingly important role in contemporary society as a result of the intensification of international exchanges and migration flows; however, the definitions that have been given of it are still rather vague and inconsistent. In some cases linguistic and cultural mediation is seen as a broad superordinate category, comprising a range of different interlinguistic and intercultural activities serving the purpose of facilitating communication across languages, cultures and societies in various areas of civil society: industry, business, trade, law, literature, academia, institutions, public services, etc. In other cases, instead, the defi…

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageSociology and Political Scienceconflictmedia_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:AnthropologyRedressINTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONconflict cultural mediation interpreter role language mediation pardigm shiftsmigrationconflict; cultural mediation; interpreter role; language mediation; pardigm shiftsLanguage and LinguisticsTerminologylaw.inventionlawterminologyTransformative mediationCultural mediationmedia_commonconflict cultural mediation interpreter roles language mediation paradigm shiftsDIALOGUE INTERPRETINGlcsh:P101-410lcsh:GN1-890Communicationpardigm shiftsLANGUAGE MEDIATIONcultural mediationlcsh:Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammarSettore L-LIN/12 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua IngleseEpistemologyNegotiationMediationCLARITYinterpreter rolePsychologySocial psychologyDiscipline
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Language Mediation and Aspects of Accommodation in the Use of ELF

2014

There are numerous varieties of English spoken in Italy today, each repre-sented by one or more of the various migrant communities living in the country. These manifestations of World englishes reflect a wide range of lexical, syntactical, phonetic, pragmatic, interpersonal and cultural features. This paper argues that an interpreter or language mediator trained in standard English may not necessarily be able to comprehend or make him/herself understood adequately in other varieties of English. Thus, the recruitment of mediators/interpreters requires a certain amount of caution in terms of language choice. In order to investigate intelligibility, comprehensibility and accommodation in the c…

ELF Accommodation; Mediation; Schemata; NativizationSchemataDIALOGUE INTERPRETINGMediationLANGUAGE MEDIATIONSettore L-LIN/12 - Lingua e Traduzione - Lingua IngleseAccommodation elf cultural schemata lingua francaDISCOURSE ANALYSISACCOMMODATIONELF AccommodationPARADIGM SHIFTSIMMIGRATIONdetention centresNativizationINTERPRETER ROLE
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