Naslov
Foreign language use among Croatian scientists

Autori
Rončević, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Akademski jeziki v času globalizacije/Academic languages in the era of globalisation

Urednik/ci
Starc, Sonja

Izdavač
Univerzitetna založba Annales

Grad
Koper

Godina
2012

Raspon stranica
242-252

ISBN
978-961-6862-28-8

Ključne riječi
lingua franca, linguicism, linguistic imperialism, multilingualism

Sažetak
The paper deals with the dominant linguistic practices among scientists in Croatia with a special emphasis on the role of two dominant foreign languages taught in Croatia: English and German. The questions tackled here address the role of English as a lingua franca and the role of German as the second dominant foreign language in the country and a potential representative of the concept of European multilingualism in Croatia. Firstly the debate on the role of language choice in science is discussed, i.e. whether the choice of one dominant foreign language is adequate in the search of scientific insights and truths or whether a richer choice of languages also offers a richer pallette of possible insights. The question of the acceptability of English as the dominant language of teaching at European universities is also dealt with. It is asked whether universities today, especially universities in the member countries of the European Union, need to develop and/or preserve their increasingly multilingual habitus, and if so, in what way. The last set of questions deals with the linguistic practices and the opinions of Croatian scientists on the role of foreign languages in their work, based on the results of a questionnaire on foreign language use and foreign language choice among researchers and university teachers in Croatia. Lastly, the possible consequences of such linguistic practices are discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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