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Interpreting the peace : peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Title
- Interpreting the peace : peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina / Michael Kelly, Catherine Baker.
- Author
- Kelly, Michael, 1946-
- Publication
- Basingstoke, U.K. ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Baker, Catherine, 1982-
- Description
- xi, 237 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Analysing the issues of language that faced international forces carrying out peace operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s, this book examines how differences of language were an integral part of the conflicts in the country and in what way the multinational UN and NATO forces faced their own problems of communication and language support.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in languages at war
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave studies in languages at war.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
- Contents
- 1 Serving in a Foreign Field 17 -- Existing linguistic capital 17 -- Basic language training 26 -- Colloquial speakers 31 -- Conclusion 39 -- 2 The Multiple Roles of Military Interpreters 42 -- Training specialist linguists 44 -- The tasks of specialist linguists 51 -- Challenging roles 56 -- Conclusion 61 -- 3 Language Support on the Ground under UNPROFOR 62 -- British language support in central Bosnia 64 -- The reproduction of experience 68 -- The supervisory relationship and its limitations 73 -- Spatial, social and sexual relations 76 -- The end of BRITBAT in central Bosnia 83 -- 4 Improving Language Support 86 -- The need for language support 86 -- Organization of language support 90 -- Quality assurance 92 -- Recruitment and training of people 96 -- The NATO quality audit 99 -- Establishing the Linguistic Services Branch 102 -- Improving quality 106 -- 5 Foreign/Local Encounters in Interpreting 108 -- Employer/employee relations 109 -- Economic impacts of the foreign/local interpreting encounter 119 -- Local interpreters as continuity 124 -- 6 Nationality, Ethnicity and Trust 130 -- Determining ethnicity in the field 132 -- Complicating the concept of ethnicity in Bosnia-Herzegovina 137 -- Ethnicity, essentialism and native/heritage speakers 140 -- Foreignness, localness and threat 144 -- Managing trust in language encounters 148 -- Neutrality, loyalty and identification 155 -- 7 Peacebuilding in a Multilingual World 161 -- Multilingual operations 162 -- The challenge for French 165 -- The Russian connection 172 -- Varieties of English 178 -- Conclusion 185 -- 8 Lessons Identified 187 -- Language capability in the military 187 -- Civilian language intermediaries 191 -- Research using narrative interviews 193 -- Language policy 197 -- Towards new paradigms 201.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-93
- ISBN
- 9781137029836
- 1137029838
- LCCN
- 2012474320
- OCLC
- 827256375
- Author
- Kelly, Michael, 1946-
- Title
- Interpreting the peace : peace operations, conflict and language in Bosnia-Herzegovina / Michael Kelly, Catherine Baker.
- Imprint
- Basingstoke, U.K. ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave studies in languages at warPalgrave studies in languages at war.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
- Added Author
- Baker, Catherine, 1982-
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-93