Subproject 1 “The Languages of Science”
“The Languages of Science”
A pilot study of research-oriented critical reflection upon multilingualism in the area of sustainability research
Reference dimension sustainability: critical reflection in science
Participants:
Prof. Dr Jannis Androutsopoulos, Dr Margarita Giannoutsou und Dr Claudia T. Schmitt
Main questions:
- Which languages do the test persons use to interact with one another and write? To what extent do the scientific language preferences vary according to status group, discipline, and professional mobility?
- Does academic writing in different languages influence the development of scientific and academic terminologies and what roll do visual representations play in the context of multilingual science and scholarship?
- What positions do the test persons take in relation to leading assumptions in the public discourse on the languages of science in Germany?
Poster (PDF) "Language in Sciences"