Language and the Ingenuity Gap in Science

Autor/in	Tonkin, Humphrey
Titel	Language and the Ingenuity Gap in Science
Quelle	In: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 8 (2011) 1, S.105-116 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1542-7587
Schlagwörter	English for Science and Technology; Scientific Enterprise; Official Languages; Justice; Language Role; Sociolinguistics; Language Attitudes; Technical Writing; Information Dissemination; Native Speakers; Advantaged; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Barriers; Higher Education; Citation Indexes; Indexing; Monolingualism; Second Languages; Access to Information + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technisches Englisch; Office language; Amtssprache; Gerechtigkeit; Soziolinguistik; Sprachverhalten; Technical documentation; Technische Dokumentation; Informationsverbreitung; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Citation; Citations; Zitationsindex; Zitat; Indexierung; Sacherschließung; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	Over the centuries, first Latin and then French, German, and Russian have receded in perceived importance as languages of science. Other powerful languages with extensive internal scientific discourse, such as Japanese and Chinese, have always been largely excluded. The dominance of English has elevated the reputation of English-language universities and advantaged native speakers of English by creating a self-reinforcing loop of language flow. Abstracting services insist on English-language abstracts; citation indexes often include only English-language citations; thus English appears to dominate scientific discourse, and English-speaking universities invariably head the lists of leading scientific institutions. The inexact assumption appears to be that, with enough pressure, others will be forced to learn English in order to compete. Thus scientific advancement circumscribed by the English language is erroneously equated with scientific advancement in general. If this discriminatory situation is to change, the advantaged must acknowledge their advantage and explore ways of redressing the imbalance. (Contains 14 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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