Language Regimes in Transformation: Future Prospects for German and Japanese in Science, Economy, and Politics (Contributions to the Sociology of Language 93)

Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Notes on the contributors......Page 11
1.1. Conceptualizing globalization......Page 13
1.2. Defining “good governance”......Page 15
1.3. The “third ways” of government......Page 17
2.1. Two aspects of language......Page 19
2.2. A new concept of bilingualism......Page 21
2.3. A third-ways language policy......Page 22
3.1. Problems with kokugo or “national (identity) language”......Page 23
3.2. Tentative proposals......Page 25
3.3. Final remarks......Page 27
References......Page 28
1. The world of languages......Page 31
2. Language reduction......Page 33
3. Individualisation and plurilingualism......Page 34
5. Colonization and post-colonialism......Page 35
6. Internal expansion of range......Page 36
7. Structural changes......Page 37
9. Economy......Page 38
10. Monolingualism as an economic goal......Page 39
12. The teleological function of language......Page 40
13. The gnoseological function of language......Page 41
15. Linguistic “luxury” as a necessary good......Page 42
References......Page 43
Challenges for language policy in today’s Japan......Page 45
1. Increasing ethnic diversity......Page 48
2. Writing and technology......Page 51
3. The teaching of other languages in Japan......Page 55
4. Conclusion......Page 58
References......Page 59
1. The goals of policies of promoting a language abroad......Page 65
2. The status of languages such as German and Japanese in today’s world......Page 69
3. The advantages of having a single language for communication worldwide and of limiting foreign languages studies to just one language......Page 73
4. The problems for language communities like those of German and Japanese of having a single language for communication worldwide and of limiting foreign language studies to a single language (English)......Page 75
5. Are language alliances between countries with the same language interests an adequate answer?......Page 77
References......Page 80
2. Languages in UK higher education: the current paradox......Page 83
2.1. The decline in specialist language degrees......Page 84
2.2. Language provision for all......Page 86
3.1. Languages at school level......Page 87
4.1. German......Page 89
4.2. Japanese......Page 90
4.3.1. German......Page 92
4.3.2. Japanese......Page 93
5. Changes in higher education......Page 94
6. Situation in other countries......Page 95
7. Future prospects......Page 96
8. Conclusion......Page 98
Notes......Page 99
References......Page 100
Introduction: the perspective of econolinguistics......Page 107
1. The status of German and Japanese in the world today......Page 108
2.1. Population of speakers......Page 110
2.2. The economic power of languages......Page 111
2.4. Individual contributions to the market value of languages......Page 113
3. The decline of German in modern Japan......Page 114
4. The future of German and Japanese......Page 117
4.1. “English imperialism”......Page 118
4.2. Regional economic areas and the German and Japanese languages......Page 119
4.4.1. The trend towards higher education......Page 121
5. By way of conclusion: a bright future......Page 122
Notes......Page 123
References......Page 124
1. Introduction......Page 127
2. The proposal......Page 129
3. The arguments of the opponents......Page 132
4. Language ideological notions underlying the opponents’ arguments......Page 136
5. Language regimes in transformation......Page 141
Notes......Page 143
References......Page 144
1. Introduction......Page 153
2. The handover from Chinese to Dutch to German......Page 154
3. German in Japanese medicine......Page 155
4. Thinking local, writing global......Page 157
5. The end of the road for German......Page 159
6. Remains of the day: the language orphans......Page 160
7.3. The internationalization of German medicine......Page 161
7.6. A shift of emphasis to special-purpose medical Japanese......Page 162
8. The empires strike back......Page 163
References......Page 164
1. Introduction......Page 167
2. Default choice......Page 169
3. Japanese as the default choice in science and politics......Page 171
4. Academic publishing in Japan: the case of Tokyo University......Page 174
6. Methodological problems......Page 175
7. Results......Page 177
8. Discussion......Page 181
References......Page 182
1. Why problems at all?......Page 185
2. Graphemic unity or diversity?......Page 187
3. Good style......Page 190
4. Continuous change......Page 194
Notes......Page 198
References......Page 201
1. The effects of globalization on minority languages......Page 203
2. The 25 member-state EU and official languages......Page 204
3. The 25-member EU and minority languages......Page 208
4.1. Great Britain and minority languages......Page 210
4.2. Wales......Page 211
4.3. Scotland......Page 212
5. Conclusion......Page 214
References......Page 215
Index......Page 219