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Author:

Angermeyer, Philipp Sebastian, author.

Title:

Speak English or what? : codeswitching and interpreter use in New York City courts / Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 248 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Public service interpreting--New York.--New York.
Code switching (Linguistics)--New York.--New York.
Bilingualism--New York.--New York.
Bilingualism.
Code switching (Linguistics)
Public service interpreting.
New York (State)--New York.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Indexicalities of language choice in small claims court -- Chapter 2. challenging claims: immigrants in small claims court -- Chapter 3. "I've heard your story:" how arbitrators decide -- Chapter 4. Only translating? the role of the interpreter -- Chapter 5. Testifying in another language: What's lost in translation -- Chapter 6. Codeswitching in the courtroom -- Chapter 7. Language ideology and legal outcomes.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Language and Law

ISBN:

019933756X
9780199337569

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891427628

LCCN:

2014030745

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)