The multilingual challenge for the construction and transmission of scientific knowledge

A linguistic perspective on knowledge construction in multilingual interaction -- Multilingualism, metalinguistic activity and knowledge construction -- Knowledge and teaching : the role of language -- Teaching procedures, participation regimes and knowledge construction -- Multilingualism as a cogn...

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1. Verfasser: Berthoud, Anne-Claude (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gajo, Laurent (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2020
Schriftenreihe:Multilingualism and diversity management volume 5
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Zusammenfassung:A linguistic perspective on knowledge construction in multilingual interaction -- Multilingualism, metalinguistic activity and knowledge construction -- Knowledge and teaching : the role of language -- Teaching procedures, participation regimes and knowledge construction -- Multilingualism as a cognitive resource -- Multilingualism, interdisciplinarity, and the construction of knowledge -- Creativity, innovation and multilingualism -- Multilingualism and language policy in higher education -- Multilingualism and assessment of science : issues for research funding agencies.
"Whereas it is now generally recognised that multilingualism is important for society, culture and the economy, the relevance of multilingualism for the world of science has still largely escaped attention. But science, too, is created and transmitted in and through communication. Today, the construction and transmission of knowledge is based on a growing monolingualism, with English as the lingua academica regarded as a condition of the universality of scientific knowledge. However, this idea is based on the illusion that languages are transparent and that the modes of communication are universal. In this book, it is shown how multilingualism can open different perspectives and improve the quality of knowledge by offering an antidote to the squeezing out of different academic and scientific cultures. More precisely, it is shown how multilingual approaches highlight the mediating role of language and, in doing so, optimize conceptualization, communication and evaluation in science. These findings are, for one thing, relevant to institutional language policies and, for another, open new lines of research taking scientific practices themselves as a field of investigation"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VII, 158 Seiten
ISBN:9789027207470
978-90-272-0747-0
9789027260819