Linguistic Inequality in Scientific Communication Today - Couverture souple

 
9789027239921: Linguistic Inequality in Scientific Communication Today
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ISBN 10 : 9027239924 ISBN 13 : 9789027239921
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

This volume is dedicated to the implications and consequences of the almost exclusive use of English as the language of scientific communication. While until the end of the Seventies of the last century, scientific communication was characterized by a high degree of shared multilingualism, a drastic change towards English monolingualism has taken place from the beginning of the Eighties, at first in the so-called hard sciences (natural sciences, medicine, technology, and mathematics) – under the threat of the ‘bibliometric measurement’ via the impact factor – and gradually also, though still to a lesser extent, in the social sciences and humanities. The choice of English is usually seen as “natural” or at least “unavoidable”, without considering that it could involve problems and be inequitable. This volume of AILA Review presents and discusses this phenomenon and its social implications with the support of a number of internationally known authors who outline its scientific relevance and put forward various options of language policy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume is dedicated to the implications and consequences of the almost exclusive use of English as the language of scientific communication. While until the end of the Seventies of the last century, scientific communication was characterized by a high degree of shared multilingualism, a drastic change towards English monolingualism has taken place from the beginning of the Eighties, at first in the so-called hard sciences (natural sciences, medicine, technology, and mathematics) – under the threat of the ‘bibliometric measurement’ via the impact factor – and gradually also, though still to a lesser extent, in the social sciences and humanities. The choice of English is usually seen as “natural” or at least “unavoidable”, without considering that it could involve problems and be inequitable. This volume of AILA Review presents and discusses this phenomenon and its social implications with the support of a number of internationally known authors who outline its scientific relevance and put forward various options of language policy.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027239924
ISBN 13 
9789027239921
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Éditeur
Carli Augusto, Ammon Ulrich
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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