r Bilual Practics in Highr Education in Northrn Europ: r A cas for trminoly plann? - Anna Kristina Hultgrn Cntr for Intrnationalisation and Paralll Languag Us Univrsity of Copnhagn
r Outlin r udn n strudn, Background Rsarch Qustion Mthodoly Data Rsults Implications Conclusion Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 2
r Background: Th Danish domain loss dbat r udn n Dnmark xpand circl (Kachru 1985) country Dbat on domain loss in scinc Lack of Danish scintific trms Languag shift strudn, Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 3
r Background: Th Danish domain loss dbat r udn n strudn, Lack of Danish scintific trms may prompt spakrs to switch to and continu talk in English (Kirchmir- Andrsn 2008, dirctor of th Danish Languag Council). Systmatic work is ndd to br English scintific trms into Danish. Othrwis thy will b usd as thy ar and th rsult will b a mixtur of Danish and English. If this mixtur bcoms too strang or cumbrsom, popl will giv up spak and writ in Danish (Olsn Larsn 2005, Danish profssor of biochmistry). Th Danish Languag Council is abl to offr advic on how to adapt (orthraphically, phonolically and morpholically) English trms into Danish so that thy cas b forign,.g. English chlorid => Danish klorid (Davidsn-Nilsn 2005, chairman of th Danish Languag Council). Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 4
r Rsarch qustions r udn n strudn, To what xtnt ar concrns about domain loss mpirically warrantd? H1: Loans from English in spokn scintific Danish nd to xcd 0.6% found in vryday languag (Rathj 2010) RQ1: Ar thr diffrncs within th domain of scinc? RQ2: What typ of loans occur? Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 5
r r udn n strudn, Data 10 fiv-minut transcripts of naturally occurr scinc talk in Danish Undrgraduat tach sssions at th Univrsity of Copnhagn Physics Chmistry Computr Scinc 2 moduls in ach disciplin 2 tach sssions Lctur Exrcis class Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 6
Figur 1: Englsk lån fra nglsk til dansk (procntdl af ord) opdlt på tr fag (proprir, akronymr hybridr inkludrt). klik på t Rsults H1: Loans from English in spokn scintific Danish nd to xcd 0.6% found in vryday languag (Rathj 2010) 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Scinc domain Non-scinc domain
Figur 1: Englsk lån fra nglsk til dansk (procntdl af ord) opdlt på tr fag (proprir, akronymr hybridr inkludrt). klik på t Rsults RQ1: Ar thr diffrncs within th domain of scinc? 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 1.83 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.49 0.3 Chmistry Physics Computr scinc
Rsults: RQ2: What typ of loans occur? Loan (typ) Loan (tokns) klik på t Chmistry (3084; 4) Physics (1354; 2) Computr (2508; 4) Total (6946; 10) OK 4 3 13 20 start (and drivativs) 7 0 7 14 smart 2 1 1 4 tjkk 1 0 0 1 tst 0 0 1 1 matchr 0 0 1 1 lktronrn 0 0 1 1 cyklpump 1 0 0 1 Unicod 0 0 3 3 Tur-tst 0 0 1 1 JAVA-strng (and drivativs) 0 0 2 2 ASCII-alfabtt 0 0 1 1 ASCII-dfinition 0 0 1 1 ASCII-tgn 0 0 1 1 Javadoc-kommntarr 0 0 1 1 Fortran 0 0 1 1 Vi 0 0 1 1 Emacs 0 0 1 1 C++-brgn 0 0 1 1 C++-spcifikationn 0 0 1 1 C-strng 0 0 1 1 in-data 0 0 1 1 IFX 0 0 2 2 IF 0 0 1 1 garbag in garbag out-princip (and drivativs) 0 0 2 2 Total 15 (0,49 %) 4 (0,30 %) 46 (1,83 %) 65 (0,94 %)
Rsults: RQ2: What typ of loans occur? Loan (typ) Loan (tokns) klik på t Chmistry (3084; 4) Physics (1354; 2) Computr (2508; 4) Total (6946; 10) OK 4 3 13 20 start (and drivativs) 7 0 7 14 smart 2 1 1 4 tjkk 1 0 0 1 tst 0 0 1 1 matchr 0 0 1 1 lktronrn 0 0 1 1 cyklpump 1 0 0 1 Unicod 0 0 3 3 Tur-tst 0 0 1 1 JAVA-strng (and drivativs) 0 0 2 2 ASCII-alfabtt 0 0 1 1 ASCII-dfinition 0 0 1 1 ASCII-tgn 0 0 1 1 Javadoc-kommntarr 0 0 1 1 Fortran 0 0 1 1 Vi 0 0 1 1 Emacs 0 0 1 1 C++-brgn 0 0 1 1 C++-spcifikationn 0 0 1 1 C-strng 0 0 1 1 in-data 0 0 1 1 IFX 0 0 2 2 IF 0 0 1 1 garbag in garbag out-princip (and drivativs) 0 0 2 2 Total 15 (0,49 %) 4 (0,30 %) 46 (1,83 %) 65 (0,94 %)
r Rsults: summary of main finds r udn n Gratr variation within than btwn domains Loans ar Ncssary loans (Onysko and Wintr-Froml 2011) Loans? strudn, Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 11
r Conclusion r udn n Domain loss unhlpful Furthr rsarch scinc talk on cutt-dg topics strudn, Friday, Dcmbr 7, 2012 Dias 12
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