| Description |
1 online resource (x, 272 pages) |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 29 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 29. 0922-842X
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: The Construction of the Other -- 2. The Chronotope for the Convention Refugee Hearing -- 3. Interpreting and Transcribing the Other -- 4. The Opening Section: The Discursive Paradigm -- 5. The Middle Section: The Life Story -- 6. The Closing Section: The un-Dialogic Other -- 7. The Implicit and Explicit Criteria for Rendering the Decision: The Woman as Witness and The Appeal Case -- 8. Conclusion: The Destruction of the Self |
| Summary |
This book is a description of the process of constructing a productive Other for the purpose of being admitted to Canada as a Convention refugee. The whole claiming procedure is analyzed with respect to two actual cases, and contextualized by reference to pertinent national and international jurisprudence. Since legal analysis is deemed insufficient for a complete understanding of the argumentative and discursive strategies involved in the claiming and "authoring" processes, the author makes constant reference to methodologies from the realm of literary studies, discourse analysis and interact |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada -- Language
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Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Asylum, Right of -- Canada -- Language
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Asylum, Right of -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Administrative procedure -- Canada -- Language
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Administrative procedure -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Discourse analysis -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Administrative procedure -- Language
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Administrative procedure -- Social aspects
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Asylum, Right of -- Language
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Asylum, Right of -- Social aspects
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Discourse analysis
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Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Language
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Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Social aspects
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Interculturele communicatie.
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Asielrecht.
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Politieke vluchtelingen.
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Discourse analysis.
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Canada
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94033456 |
| ISBN |
9789027282835 |
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9027282838 |
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