Linguistic resources and strategies used in multilingual communication in HIV/AIDS care centres in Lesotho

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dc.contributor.authorSobane, Konosoangen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAnthonissen, Christineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-07T12:10:07Z
dc.date.available2014-07-07T12:10:07Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionCITATION: Sobane, K. & Anthonissen, C. 2013. Linguistic resources and strategies used in multilingual communication in HIV/AIDS care centres in Lesotho. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol. 42:263-280, doi:10.5774/42-0-173.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://spilplus.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractThis paper gives a description of multilingual practices in two HIV-care centres in Lesotho on the basis of interviews with both health care providers and some patients who make use of the services of these centres. It considers the importance of effective linguistic communication in HIV-care and the hazards posed to such communication when physicians do not share the first language of the patients and of others working in these health care facilities. It gives the insights gained in a recent study on the kinds of interventions developed to facilitate communication in such multilingual institutional settings. In one of the centres informal interpreters are appointed to assist in transfer of information during consultations; in the second centre interpreting is only casually available from bilingual staff members. Besides interpreting, participants reported engaging in a number of other mediating practices. Evidence gained from informal interpreting studies elsewhere suggests that more than literal translation is required to achieve the kind of communicative success that will ensure quality in the health care provided to a vulnerable community. This study agrees with such findings and has generated a number of suggestions for improving the management of the linguistic diversity in communication within such clinics. The paper focuses on the specific resources provided in the healthcare centres and on the strategies participants use to enhance medical communication.
dc.description.urihttp://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/173
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationSobane, K. & Anthonissen, C. 2013. Linguistic resources and strategies used in multilingual communication in HIV/AIDS care centres in Lesotho. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol. 42:263-280, doi:10.5774/42-0-173.
dc.identifier.issn2224-3380 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1726-541X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5774/42-0-173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/91525
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectMultilingualismen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_ZA
dc.subjectInformal interpretingen_ZA
dc.subjectCommunicative resourcesen_ZA
dc.subjectHIV -- Care centres -- Lesothoen_ZA
dc.titleLinguistic resources and strategies used in multilingual communication in HIV/AIDS care centres in Lesothoen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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