The Use of Languages in Digital Communication at European Universities in Multilingual Settings
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Title: | The Use of Languages in Digital Communication at European Universities in Multilingual Settings |
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Authors: | Català Oltra, Lluís | Martinez-Gras, Rodolfo | Penalva-Verdú, Clemente |
Research Group/s: | CRITERI - Socioeconomia Crítica i Territori | Observatorio Europeo de Tendencias Sociales (OBETS) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Sociología II |
Keywords: | Higher education | Multilingualism | English | Internet | Minority languages |
Issue Date: | 12-Nov-2022 |
Publisher: | Katibeh-ILCRG |
Citation: | International Journal of Society, Culture & Language. 2023, 11(1): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.22034/ijscl.2022.563470.2794 |
Abstract: | Within a context of an intense internationalization process, the creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), as well as the proliferation of rhetoric aligned with multilingualism, has, in practice, favored mainly the growth of English in tertiary education to the detriment of other European languages. This research focuses on electronic means at European universities in multilingual settings, quantifying the use of languages in a population of 88 universities by means of content analysis. The results show the poor presence of minority languages (ML), except for Spanish universities, and the limited implementation of English. Among the potential explanatory variables, the geographic area is the variable that is most strongly associated with the use of languages, although others, such as the Regional Authority Index (RAI), the vital status of minority languages, or the legal recognition of the minority language, are also significantly related to the use of a minority language. |
Sponsor: | This work was supported by the Conselleria d’Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport de la Generalitat Valenciana, Valencian regional government (Spain), under grant “Subvenció per al foment de treballs d’investigació i estudis en l’àmbit de la planificació lingüística i la lingüística aplicada”, 2022 edition. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/129429 |
ISSN: | 2329-2210 |
DOI: | 10.22034/ijscl.2022.563470.2794 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2023 Català-Oltra, Martínez-Gras, and Penalva-Verdú. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.22034/ijscl.2022.563470.2794 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - OBETS - Artículos de Revistas INV - CRITERI - Artículos de Revistas INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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