Across languages and cultures
Brokering problems of understanding in conversational repair
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2908804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G B Bolden (0000-0002-7898-1246, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-121 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404511000923 |
| OpenAlex | W2150493432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 51 |
This article examines the interactional construction of language competence in bilingual immigrant communities. The focus is on how participants in social interaction resolve problems of understanding that are demonstrably rooted in their divergent linguistic and cultural expertise. Using the methodology of conversation analysis to examine mundane video-recorded conversations in Russian-American immigrant families, I describe a previously unanalyzed communicative practice for solving understanding problems: by one participant enacting the role of a language broker in a repair sequence. The article thus contributes to the existing research on the interactional construction of language competence, on the one hand, and on the organization of repair and its relationship to social epistemics, on the other. (Language brokering, repair, conversation analysis, social epistemics, multiparty conversation, Russian, immigrant families, intercultural communication
Communicative competence · Competence (human resources) · Conversation · Conversation analysis · Immigration · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Communication · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |