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Publication details [#60131]

Jacquemet, Marco. 2015. Asylum and superdiversity: The search for denotational accuracy during asylum hearings. Language & Communication 44 : 72–81.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This article argues that superdiverse, multilingual settings let Western institutions rely too strongly on denotational signs (like proper names) and referential accuracy to define asylum seekers' (testimonial) credibility.