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Arabic–French code-switching in medical consultations in Algeria: A conversation analytic study.
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Language & Communication . Nov2023, Vol. 93, p30-42. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper reports a study of Arabic-French language alternation in medical consultations in Algeria to reveal the ways in which code-switching is used to build and organise activities in medical interactions. Conversation analysis is applied to examine the participants' linguistic choices. Audio-recorded data was collected in two public hospitals in the Northwest of Algeria. This study suggests that there are misperceptions in the research literature about doctors' use of French as a resource to disempower patients and to limit their contribution in consultations. It refines our understanding of the nature of language alternation – code switching - in Algerian medical consultations. The results show that: 1) French is dispreferred with patients, 2) code-switching is used as a resource to organise and distinguish activities in turns and sequences, however, 3) doctors' use of French can contribute to pushing back against patients' resistance and to disaffiliate with patients' stances. • Language alternation on a moment-by-moment analysis of action in medical examinations. • Code switching is used as a resource to organise and distinguish activities in turns and sequences. • Arabic is preferred by doctors with both bilingual and monolingual patients. • Doctors' use French with patients when pushing back against patients' resistance and to disaffiliate with patients' stances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02715309
- Volume :
- 93
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Language & Communication
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173970007
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2023.08.003