Christine Anthonissen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4104102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Anthonissen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Anthonissen |
| SIGNATURE | ANTHONISSEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9161-5101 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bargaining with the body
South Africa is often viewed as a safe refuge for LGBTQ+ individuals, yet the reality for queer African migrants is marked by insecurity and exclusion. Despite strong constitutional protections, migrants from highly homophobic contexts continue to face discrimination and marginalisation. This article examines how gay Zimbabwean migrants experience and navigate violence, discrimination and marginalisation across their move to South Africa. As part…
Exploring the use of translation technologies to overcome language barriers in mental healthcare
Language barriers in healthcare continue to pose major challenges to equitable, high-quality care, particularly in mental health settings where communication is central to diagnosis, therapeutic alliance, and treatment planning. Translation technologies, including machine translation applications, offer potential solutions, but their real-world usability in mental health care remains underexplored. This cross-country qualitative study examined th…
We have been completely immersed in frustration and trauma’
Migrants assuming caregiving roles for other migrants require care themselves. We report on how migrants in South Africa navigate the dual responsibilities of caregiving and self-care. 15 semistructured interviews were conducted with migrant caregivers between January and June 2023. Data were thematically analysed and interpreted through a narrative lens. Findings highlight the critical role migrant caregivers play in offering support to their co…
Linguistic Marginalisation and Multilingual Policy Gaps
Making access to South African higher education institutions available to formerly excluded student groups has presented language policy and practice issues. Currently, most universities characterise themselves as multilingual institutions; however, bi-/multilingual practices in the formal teaching and learning spaces are mostly diminishing rather than expanding. This study investigated the experiences of students whose secondary school education…
Uncovering multi-level mental healthcare barriers for migrants
This research elucidates the multifaceted, systemic challenges hindering equitable mental healthcare provision for migrants. It posits that sweeping policy reforms are imperative, advocating for the implementation of strategies, such as increasing the availability of language services, enhancing healthcare providers' capacity, and legal framework and policy change to be more inclusive. The findings substantially contribute to scholarly discourse …
Migration and mental health care in South Africa
Access to mental healthcare for migrants is a global problem, with many challenges and barriers, including the issue of language discordance. Most research on this topic comes from well-resourced countries such as those in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia despite the fact that most migration occurs from poorer contexts, such as many in Africa, into more closely situated countries. As an introductory part of a broader international study,…
The Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Migrants in South Africa
This article reflects on the position of migrants in a South African setting and on their integration in the host community, with attention paid to family religious affiliation. As an interdisciplinary contribution, it introduces the concepts of “language policy” and “family language policy” in reference to African migrants’ narratives of adults who recently moved to the Western Cape in search of security and better life chances. Multilingual rep…
What’s the problem? I am happy that you are my customer!’ African immigrant women’s emotional labour and resilience in a multilingual workplace
Recent research on multilingualism and emotions in the immigrant context indicates that negative emotions such as anxiety related to monolingual or cultural norms may prevail in immigrants’ daily lives. Immigrants may respond to negative emotions with avoidance, for instance by avoiding using the language that makes them anxious. This study further examines emotion-related concepts of immigrant experience in a setting rarely researched: a highly …
Autobiographical Narrative of Traumatic Experience
Following a suggestion by Crosthwaite (2005) that autobiographical narratives can be viewed as organizational practices, this article turns attention to events of recalling and articulating personal histories of trauma produced during and after the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings of 1996–8. Witness testimonies at the TRC were institutionally framed to fit the aims of national reconciliation in ways that may have l…
Transnational Traders’ Discourse
Recent Chinese trade expansion into many African countries has brought new communities of Chinese migrants into the region. In the “China Town” shopping centres established in the Western Cape, many employ African migrants as shop assistants. This study considers the notion of “language policy” as it is applied in developing a foundation for business communication in a setting where interactants have mutually unintelligible first languages and re…
‘ With English the world is more open to you ’ – language shift as marker of social transformation
This article gives an appraisal of bilingualism in Afrikaans and English among the Cape ‘Coloured’ community and of shifting patterns within it. It has become customary to use quotation marks around the term Coloured and lower case to signal that this and other race-based terms are contested ones in South Africa (see Erasmus, 2001; Ruiters, 2009). On the advice of the ET editor for this issue, however, I will use the term with the capital and wit…
Transitions and translations from Afrikaans to English in schools of the Helderberg area
This paper reports on the findings of a project that profiled the linguistic resources of learners with an Afrikaans-English bilingual background in order to determine features of a perceived process of language shift. The language repertoire and decisions on school enrollment of learners from Afrikaans homes that are registered in the English first language classes were investigated in a historically white, Afrikaans-only High School where recen…
Teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms
Kenya’s language-in-education policy supports mother-tongue education as the ideal approach to developing language and literacy skills of young learners. The policy has been informed by findings of various past national education commissions as well as international declarations such as the UNESCO declaration on the use of Vernacular Languages in Education of 1953, the World Declaration on Education for All of 1990 and the Dakar framework of 2000…
On Interpreting the Interpreter – Experiences of Language Practitioners Mediating for the TRC
This article considers the role of the interpreters at the hearings of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in view of a topical question in translation studies. Referring to experiences of simultaneous translating interpreters, the paper highlights a number of characterising features of the interpretation processes at TRC hearings. The problem addressed here relates to how interpreters’ recollections can contribute to a be…
The sounds of silence in the media
Critical discourse analysis as an analytic tool in considering selected, prominent features of TRC testimonies
This paper considers a number of salient, characterising features of the verbal mediation process that took place in the TRC hearings on gross human rights violations. This is done with reference to the methodology developed in Discourse Sociolinguistics. It considers how various participants represent a particular event, each taking the perspective from which they experienced it. It notes the differences in verbal choice, and in textual and info…
The language of remembering and forgetting
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Teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms
Kenya’s language-in-education policy supports mother-tongue education as the ideal approach to developing language and literacy skills of young learners. The policy has been informed by findings of various past national education commissions as well as international declarations such as the UNESCO declaration on the use of Vernacular Languages in Education of 1953, the World Declaration on Education for All of 1990 and the Dakar framework of 2000…
Critical discourse analysis as an analytic tool in considering selected, prominent features of TRC testimonies
This paper considers a number of salient, characterising features of the verbal mediation process that took place in the TRC hearings on gross human rights violations. This is done with reference to the methodology developed in Discourse Sociolinguistics. It considers how various participants represent a particular event, each taking the perspective from which they experienced it. It notes the differences in verbal choice, and in textual and info…
What’s the problem? I am happy that you are my customer!’ African immigrant women’s emotional labour and resilience in a multilingual workplace
Recent research on multilingualism and emotions in the immigrant context indicates that negative emotions such as anxiety related to monolingual or cultural norms may prevail in immigrants’ daily lives. Immigrants may respond to negative emotions with avoidance, for instance by avoiding using the language that makes them anxious. This study further examines emotion-related concepts of immigrant experience in a setting rarely researched: a highly …
The sounds of silence in the media
Critical discourse analysis as an analytic tool in considering selected, prominent features of TRC testimonies
This paper considers a number of salient, characterising features of the verbal mediation process that took place in the TRC hearings on gross human rights violations. This is done with reference to the methodology developed in Discourse Sociolinguistics. It considers how various participants represent a particular event, each taking the perspective from which they experienced it. It notes the differences in verbal choice, and in textual and info…
The language of remembering and forgetting
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On Interpreting the Interpreter – Experiences of Language Practitioners Mediating for the TRC
This article considers the role of the interpreters at the hearings of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in view of a topical question in translation studies. Referring to experiences of simultaneous translating interpreters, the paper highlights a number of characterising features of the interpretation processes at TRC hearings. The problem addressed here relates to how interpreters’ recollections can contribute to a be…
The sounds of silence in the media
Transitions and translations from Afrikaans to English in schools of the Helderberg area
This paper reports on the findings of a project that profiled the linguistic resources of learners with an Afrikaans-English bilingual background in order to determine features of a perceived process of language shift. The language repertoire and decisions on school enrollment of learners from Afrikaans homes that are registered in the English first language classes were investigated in a historically white, Afrikaans-only High School where recen…
Teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms
Kenya’s language-in-education policy supports mother-tongue education as the ideal approach to developing language and literacy skills of young learners. The policy has been informed by findings of various past national education commissions as well as international declarations such as the UNESCO declaration on the use of Vernacular Languages in Education of 1953, the World Declaration on Education for All of 1990 and the Dakar framework of 2000…
‘ With English the world is more open to you ’ – language shift as marker of social transformation
This article gives an appraisal of bilingualism in Afrikaans and English among the Cape ‘Coloured’ community and of shifting patterns within it. It has become customary to use quotation marks around the term Coloured and lower case to signal that this and other race-based terms are contested ones in South Africa (see Erasmus, 2001; Ruiters, 2009). On the advice of the ET editor for this issue, however, I will use the term with the capital and wit…
Transnational Traders’ Discourse
Recent Chinese trade expansion into many African countries has brought new communities of Chinese migrants into the region. In the “China Town” shopping centres established in the Western Cape, many employ African migrants as shop assistants. This study considers the notion of “language policy” as it is applied in developing a foundation for business communication in a setting where interactants have mutually unintelligible first languages and re…
Autobiographical Narrative of Traumatic Experience
Following a suggestion by Crosthwaite (2005) that autobiographical narratives can be viewed as organizational practices, this article turns attention to events of recalling and articulating personal histories of trauma produced during and after the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings of 1996–8. Witness testimonies at the TRC were institutionally framed to fit the aims of national reconciliation in ways that may have l…
The Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Migrants in South Africa
This article reflects on the position of migrants in a South African setting and on their integration in the host community, with attention paid to family religious affiliation. As an interdisciplinary contribution, it introduces the concepts of “language policy” and “family language policy” in reference to African migrants’ narratives of adults who recently moved to the Western Cape in search of security and better life chances. Multilingual rep…
What’s the problem? I am happy that you are my customer!’ African immigrant women’s emotional labour and resilience in a multilingual workplace
Recent research on multilingualism and emotions in the immigrant context indicates that negative emotions such as anxiety related to monolingual or cultural norms may prevail in immigrants’ daily lives. Immigrants may respond to negative emotions with avoidance, for instance by avoiding using the language that makes them anxious. This study further examines emotion-related concepts of immigrant experience in a setting rarely researched: a highly …
Uncovering multi-level mental healthcare barriers for migrants
This research elucidates the multifaceted, systemic challenges hindering equitable mental healthcare provision for migrants. It posits that sweeping policy reforms are imperative, advocating for the implementation of strategies, such as increasing the availability of language services, enhancing healthcare providers' capacity, and legal framework and policy change to be more inclusive. The findings substantially contribute to scholarly discourse …
Migration and mental health care in South Africa
Access to mental healthcare for migrants is a global problem, with many challenges and barriers, including the issue of language discordance. Most research on this topic comes from well-resourced countries such as those in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia despite the fact that most migration occurs from poorer contexts, such as many in Africa, into more closely situated countries. As an introductory part of a broader international study,…
Linguistic Marginalisation and Multilingual Policy Gaps
Making access to South African higher education institutions available to formerly excluded student groups has presented language policy and practice issues. Currently, most universities characterise themselves as multilingual institutions; however, bi-/multilingual practices in the formal teaching and learning spaces are mostly diminishing rather than expanding. This study investigated the experiences of students whose secondary school education…
Bargaining with the body
South Africa is often viewed as a safe refuge for LGBTQ+ individuals, yet the reality for queer African migrants is marked by insecurity and exclusion. Despite strong constitutional protections, migrants from highly homophobic contexts continue to face discrimination and marginalisation. This article examines how gay Zimbabwean migrants experience and navigate violence, discrimination and marginalisation across their move to South Africa. As part…
Exploring the use of translation technologies to overcome language barriers in mental healthcare
Language barriers in healthcare continue to pose major challenges to equitable, high-quality care, particularly in mental health settings where communication is central to diagnosis, therapeutic alliance, and treatment planning. Translation technologies, including machine translation applications, offer potential solutions, but their real-world usability in mental health care remains underexplored. This cross-country qualitative study examined th…
We have been completely immersed in frustration and trauma’
Migrants assuming caregiving roles for other migrants require care themselves. We report on how migrants in South Africa navigate the dual responsibilities of caregiving and self-care. 15 semistructured interviews were conducted with migrant caregivers between January and June 2023. Data were thematically analysed and interpreted through a narrative lens. Findings highlight the critical role migrant caregivers play in offering support to their co…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works)