Publications

Publication details [#42638]

Maryns, Katrijn. 2005. Monolingual language ideologies and code choice in the Belgian asylum procedure. Language & Communication 25 (3) : 299–314.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | immigrant | language choice | law | monolingualism

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This article discusses how the procedural imposition of a monolingual standard code (i.e. the use of English) in the Belgian asylum procedure, impedes a clear understanding of refugee claimants' narrative accounts.