『Does Science Need a Global Language? : English and the Future of Research』詳細目次

Scott L. Montgomery

(2013年5月刊行,The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, xiv+226 pp., ISBN:9780226535036 [hbk] / ISBN:9780226010045 [eBook] → 版元ページ

【目次】
Foreword by David Crystal ix


Preface xi

1. A New Era 1

Science, Globally Speaking 2
The Question 8
Signs of Global Science 9
Global yet Plural 11
Matters Political and Educational 15
Final First Words 19

2. Global English: Realities, Geopolitics, Issues 24

How Global, Really? 25
English in Global Education 29
A Bit of History 33
Fields of Dominance 34
Geopolitical Factors 37
The Case of Rwanda: English for History, Politics, and Science 41
Powers of Comparison 44
State of the World's Languages: Under Threat 49
Meanings 54
The Question of Standards 57
Circles of Speakers―and Lerners 61
Summing Up 66

3. English and Science: The Current Landscape 68

Key Historical Points 70
Circulatory System 75
Brain Drain or Gain? 78
Publications: Global Trends 82
Collaboration Trends: Hands across Borders 86
English in Publications: What Do the Data Say? 89
Case Study: The Life History of an International Journal 91
Discourse Flexibility: A New Phenomenon in Scientific Publications 96
Final Word about “Anglophone Science” 100

4. Impacts: A Discussion of Limitations and Issues for a Global Language 102

Perspective 104
The Issue of Equity 106
Confined to the Margins 111
Bias or Status 118
Endangerments of Other Scientific Languages 122
Summing Up: Risks from a Global Language 125
A Final Story, and an Idea 129

5. Past and Future: What Do Former Lingua Francas of Science Tell Us? 132

A History of Many Tongues 133
  • Science in Greek: Classical and Hellenistic Eras (Sixth Century BCE to Third Century CE) 135
  • Latin and Science: The Era of Rome and Afterward (Second Century BCE to Tenth Century CE) 138
  • Arabic Science: The Great Flowering 141
  • Latin in Europe: From the Twelfth-Century Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution 145
  • China and Science 150
Addendum: The Modern Era 154
Themes and Meanings 156
The Future of English in Science: Some Thoughts and Forecasts 160

6. Does Science Need a Global Language? 166

A Reflective Summary 168
The Answer 175
Can Current Realities Be Improved? 177
  • The Publishing World: Some Brief Suggestions 177
  • Teaching and Learning English: The Core Issue 179
  • No More Mono-Anglophonsm? 185
Final Words 187


Notes 189
Index 215