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In:Non-professional Interpreting and Translation: State of the art and future of an emerging field of research
Edited by Rachele Antonini, Letizia Cirillo, Linda Rossato and Ira Torresi
[Benjamins Translation Library 129] 2017
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Chapter 4
Dialoguing across differences

The past and future of language brokering research

Published online: 19 June 2017
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Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the research that has been done on language brokering over the last three decades. It identifies the kinds of questions that have been asked and the framings that have driven the work, raising questions about why these and not other directions were pursued. Using this overview of the field, it suggests what is missing and what other kinds of questions could be asked. It also considers how each locus of investigation could be built upon and connected to others, in order to expand and deepen our understanding of the practice and its effects, and suggests what is needed for the next generation of research on this multidimensional topic.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.From invisibility to visibility
  • 3.Deficits and deviances
  • 4.Broadening the developmental lens
  • 5.Understanding the practice
  • 6.Families and communities
  • 7.Classrooms and schools
  • 8.Feelings
  • 9.New populations
  • 10.The future of language brokering research
  • References
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