Author: Arthur Prudden ColemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Report on the Status of Russian and Other Slavic and East European Languages in the Educational Institutions of the United States, Its Territories, Possessions and Mandates, with Additional Data on Similar Studies in Canada and Latin America
Author: Arthur Prudden ColemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavic languages
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Scientific Babel
Author: Michael D. GordinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600029X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
English is the language of science today. No matter which languages you know, if you want your work seen, studied, and cited, you need to publish in English. But that hasn’t always been the case. Though there was a time when Latin dominated the field, for centuries science has been a polyglot enterprise, conducted in a number of languages whose importance waxed and waned over time—until the rise of English in the twentieth century. So how did we get from there to here? How did French, German, Latin, Russian, and even Esperanto give way to English? And what can we reconstruct of the experience of doing science in the polyglot past? With Scientific Babel, Michael D. Gordin resurrects that lost world, in part through an ingenious mechanism: the pages of his highly readable narrative account teem with footnotes—not offering background information, but presenting quoted material in its original language. The result is stunning: as we read about the rise and fall of languages, driven by politics, war, economics, and institutions, we actually see it happen in the ever-changing web of multilingual examples. The history of science, and of English as its dominant language, comes to life, and brings with it a new understanding not only of the frictions generated by a scientific community that spoke in many often mutually unintelligible voices, but also of the possibilities of the polyglot, and the losses that the dominance of English entails. Few historians of science write as well as Gordin, and Scientific Babel reveals his incredible command of the literature, language, and intellectual essence of science past and present. No reader who takes this linguistic journey with him will be disappointed.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Bibliographie internationale sur le bilinguisme
Author: William Francis MackeyPublisher: Presses Université Laval
ISBN: 9782763769912
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Slavic and East European Studies: Their Development and Status in the Western Hemisphere
Author: Jacob Ornstein-GaliciaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Bulletin of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
Author: Scientific Communication Across the Iron Curtain
Author: Christopher D. HollingsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319253468
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This monograph provides a concise introduction to the tangled issues of communication between Russian and Western scientists during the Cold War. It details the extent to which mid-twentieth-century researchers and practitioners were able to communicate with their counterparts on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain. Drawing upon evidence from a range of disciplines, a decade-by-decade account is first given of the varying levels of contact that existed via private correspondence and conference attendance. Next, the book examines the exchange of publications and the availability of one side's work in the libraries of the other. It then goes on to compare general language abilities on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, with comments on efforts in the West to learn Russian and the systematic translation of Russian work. In the end, author Christopher Hollings argues that physical accessibility was generally good in both directions, but that Western scientists were afflicted by greater linguistic difficulties than their Soviet counterparts whose major problems were bureaucratic in nature. This volume will be of interest to historians of Cold War science, particularly those who study communications and language issues. In addition, it will be an ideal starting pointing for anyone looking to know more about this fascinating area.
AAUP Bulletin
Author: American Association of University ProfessorsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: School & Society
Author: James McKeen CattellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description