The Sociolinguistics of Academic Publishing Language and the Practic

‘A thoughtful study of the importance of language choice for making scholarly findings known to the world.’— Dr Florian Coulmas, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany This book presents a sociolinguistics of academic publishing from an historical and cont

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OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

Language and the Practices of Homo Academicus

Linus Salö

The Sociolinguistics of Academic Publishing

Linus Salö

The Sociolinguistics of Academic Publishing Language and the Practices of Homo Academicus

Linus Salö Centre for Research on Bilingualism Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden and Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden

ISBN 978-3-319-58939-8 ISBN 978-3-319-58940-4  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-58940-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943487 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Cover pattern © Harvey Loake Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgements

Thanks go to my colleagues at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University, Sweden, where versions of this manuscript have been discussed in various contexts. I also thank colleagues at Uppsala University, where the work presented in this book has been aired. The following people, listed in no particular order, have made substantial contributions, for which I am very grateful: Sverker Sörlin, Olle Josephson, Kenneth Hyltenstam, Christopher Stroud, Stef Slembrouck, Monica Heller, Caroline Kerfoot, Donald Broady, Ylva Hasselberg, David Karlander, Natalia Ganuza, Linnea Hanell, Hannah Botsis, Erik Nylander, and Lamont Antieau.

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Contents

1 Introduction 1 2 Toward a Sociolinguistics of Scientific Production  17 3 Pierre Bourdieu: View Points and Entry Points  29 4 The Sociolinguistics of Science: The Longue Durée  43 5 Contemporary Academia in Transformation  71 6 Habit