Language governance and linguistic justice in digital courts
Pragmatic accuracy and interpreter pedagogies for migrants from the Global South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22260701 |
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| Authors | Ran Yi (0000-0003-1858-3358, National Defense University), Xue Yang (0000-0001-9747-6467, National Defense University), Caimei Huang (0009-0009-5324-2111, National Defense University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2748-9310 • E-ISSN: 2748-9329 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/eduling-2025-0023 |
| OpenAlex | W7165458785 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
This article investigates interpreter-mediated “manner of speech” as a site of language governance and linguistic justice in digitally mediated courts serving migrants from the Global South. Drawing on 3,250 min (102,500 words) of Mandarin–English remote-court interpreting by fifty certified practitioners, it examines how direction, mode, and condition affect the conservation of discourse markers, hedges, and hesitations. Quantitative patterns show higher pragmatic accuracy in defendant answers ( M = 77.1) than lawyer questions ( M = 69.7), and in consecutive over simultaneous mode. Micro-analyses demonstrate how omissions or upgrades of stance cues reshape illocutionary force and credibility, altering fairness perceptions. Bridging critical sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, and forensic discourse analysis, the paper advances a pedagogy of pragmatic accuracy linking rights literacy, digital competence, and redistributive training design, reframing interpreter education as a mechanism of language governance and institutional legitimacy in post-colonial, migration-affected judicial systems
Certification · Cognitive reframing · Corporate governance · Discourse analysis · Economic Justice · Interpreter · Legitimacy · Linguistic diversity · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy
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Well, that's why I asked the question sir
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