Language Policy and the Internationalization of Universities
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A01=Josep Soler
Angewandte Linguistik
Author_Josep Soler
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- ISBN 9781501524493
- Weight: 452g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2020
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Many universities around the world are actively engaged in the process of the internationalization of their higher education systems, trying to become more competitive in all possible respects, especially in the areas of research and teaching. Language, naturally, plays a central role in this process, but this is not always explicitly recognized as such. As a result, key sociolinguistic challenges emerge for both individuals and groups of people. Most prominently, the question of whether English constitutes an opportunity or a threat to other national languages in academic domains is a controversial one and remains unresolved. The analysis featured in this book aims at addressing this question by looking at language policy developments in the context of Estonian higher education. Adopting a discourse approach, the book emphasises the centrality of language not only as a site of struggle, but as a tool and a resource that agents in a give field utilize to orient themselves in certain positions. The book will be of interest to language policy scholars, linguistic anthropologists, and critical sociolinguists. Education scholars interested in discourse studies will also find it useful.
Josep Soler, Stockholm University, Sweden
