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Title
What do you do when you cant accommodate? Managing and evaluating problematic interactions in a multilingual medical environment
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Abstract
This study sought to better understand how speakers react, and what factors predict their evaluations of interaction, when a language barrier renders conventional verbal accommodation impossible. An analysis of conversation self-reports by n = 30 medical doctors working in multilingual hospital settings indicated that in these situations, speakers engage with their interlocutor to problem solve, and use their social and affective experiences as a basis for evaluating these conversations. These results underscore the importance of social connection when language barriers render conventional interaction impossible, and highlight how the cognitive and affective functions of accommodation work in concert.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Language and communication. - Oxford
Publication
Oxford : 2015
ISSN
0271-5309
DOI
10.1016/J.LANGCOM.2014.10.005
Volume/pages
41 (2015) , p. 84-88
ISI
000350931300008
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UAntwerpen
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