Deppermann2024c
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Deppermann2024c |
| Author(s) | Arnulf Deppermann, Ibrahim Cindark, Lari Kotilainen, Salla Kurhila, Inkeri Lehtimaja |
| Title | Self-translations in multilingual workplace interaction |
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| Tag(s) | Interactional Lingustics, Workplace interaction |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Intercultural Pragmatics |
| Volume | 21 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 507–540 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1515/ip-2024-4002 |
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| Series | Intercultural Pragmatics |
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Abstract
In multi-lingual workplace interaction involving L2-speakers with different levels of proficiency, L1-speakers can be seen to use self-translation of their own prior contributions as a repair-practice to restore intersubjectivity. This paper shows that self-translations are produced in three environments: (a) in response to repair-initiation by recipients, (b) in response to inadequate or missing responses, (c) after disaffiliative responses in order to elicit a more favorable uptake. Self-translations therefore are not only used to deal with linguistic understanding problems, but can also use linguistic diversity as a resource for dealing with lack of affiliation and alignment. Self-translations are produced by a switch to the addressee's L1 or to a lingua franca. They are only partial, being restricted to a translation of the core semantic content of the turn to be translated, thus relying heavily on a shared understanding of the pragmatic context and being designed so as to support interactional progression. Data come from video-taped meetings in Finland involving Finnish and Russian L1-speakers and various kinds of professional trainings in Germany involving instructors with German as L1 and refugees with various linguistic backgrounds.
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