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Language Policy and the Internationalization of Universities
A Focus on Estonian Higher Education
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Josep Soler
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
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.
Author / Editor information
Josep Soler, Stockholm University, Sweden
Reviews
"With its historical perspective and empirical materials, this pioneering work is an asset for researchers who are interested in language policy, discourse analysis, and the sociolinguistics of higher education." Congcong Chen in: Language in Society 49 (2020), 154-155
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
January 14, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9781501505898
Hardcover published on:
January 14, 2019
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501515019
Paperback published on:
December 7, 2020
Paperback ISBN:
9781501524493
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
17
Main content:
175
Illustrations:
4
Coloured Illustrations:
22
Tables:
15
eBook ISBN:
9781501505898
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501515019
Paperback ISBN:
9781501524493
Audience(s) for this book
Sociolinguists and Scholars interested in Language Policy and Higher Education.
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