Researchers’ language practices concerning knowledge production and dissemination: Discourses of mono- and multilingualism

Niina Hynninen, Maria Kuteeva

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Abstrakti

Drawing on research interviews with 43 researchers working across four disciplines in two Nordic countries, this chapter examines the researchers’ perceptions of, and choices related to their mono/multilingual knowledge production and research writing practices. Three discourses were found to be constructed in the interview talk: (a) disciplinary monolingualism, (b) dual monolingualism, and (c) functional epistemic multilingualism. For research writing, most researchers in the study opted for a mono- or bilingual publication strategy, but when doing research, the main determiner in terms of how many and which languages the researchers reported to use was the object of research. The pragmatism associated with the researchers’ language practices may thus be related to both mono- and multilingualism.
Alkuperäiskielienglanti
OtsikkoLanguage Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities
ToimittajatMaria Kuteeva, Kathrin Kaufhold, Niina Hynninen
Sivumäärä28
JulkaisupaikkaCham
KustantajaPalgrave Macmillan
Julkaisupäivä2020
Sivut323-350
ISBN (painettu)978-3-030-38754-9
ISBN (elektroninen)978-3-030-38755-6
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - 2020
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa

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