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Publication details [#66960]

Wray, Alison. 2019. Multilingual dementia care: defining the limits of translanguaging. Language Awareness 28 (3) : 227–245.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This paper deals with the limits of translanguaging in multilingual dementia care. It challenges the claims of some care-providers that nonverbal communication is a legitimate substitute for linguistic interaction and provides novel insights into the necessary parameters for effective interaction.