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The Sociolinguistics of Academic Publishing

Language and the Practices of Homo Academicus

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Authors:
  1. Linus Salö

    1. Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Examines an issue of major linguistic and political relevance in nation-states across the globe

  • Analyses the predominance of English from the perspective of Swedish Academia

  • Provides an explanatory sociological framework of the issues at hand

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 1-15

  3. Toward a Sociolinguistics of Scientific Production

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 17-28

  4. Pierre Bourdieu: View Points and Entry Points

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 29-42

  5. The Sociolinguistics of Science: The Longue Durée

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 43-69

  6. Contemporary Academia in Transformation

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 71-88

  7. Habitus as Fields Made Flesh

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 89-119

  8. Discussion: Two Axes of Comparison

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 121-130

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Linus Salö
    Pages 131-136

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 137-141
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About this book

This book presents a sociolinguistics of academic publishing from an historical and contemporary perspective. Using Swedish academia as a case study, it focuses on publishing practices within history and psychology. The author demonstrates how new regimes of research evaluation and performance-based funding are impinging on university life. His central argument, following the French sociologist Bourdieu, is that the trend towards publishing in English should be understood as a social strategy, developed in response to such transformations. Thought-provoking and challenging, this book will interest students and scholars of sociolinguistics, language planning and language policy, research policy, sociology of science, history and psychology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Linus Salö

About the author

Linus Salö is a researcher at Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He is active in a number of disciplinary fields, including sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Sociolinguistics of Academic Publishing

  • Book Subtitle: Language and the Practices of Homo Academicus

  • Authors: Linus Salö

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58940-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58939-8Published: 21 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86515-7Published: 12 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58940-4Published: 06 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 141

  • Topics: Sociolinguistics, Language Policy and Planning, English, Applied Linguistics, Scandinavian

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