Is English shoeing out smaller languages from many specialised domains?

Elena Chiocchetti

doi:10.57708/b149380533

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Is English shoeing out smaller languages from many specialised domains?

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Is English shoeing out smaller languages from many specialised domains?

Elena Chiocchetti

29/06/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57708/b149380533

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https://hdl.handle.net/10863/35302

Abstract

domain dynamics

domain loss

language and policy planning

Today, top-level science, innovation, even academia speak English. Can we discuss medical advances in French, talk about how a computer works in German or drill for oil in Norwegian? Is this ‘domain loss’ to English unavoidable and irreversible? It isn’t, provided we care.

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Title: Is English shoeing out smaller languages from many specialised domains?
Creators: Elena Chiocchetti
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Copyright: This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Academic Unit: Institute for Applied Linguistics
Language: English
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