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Besser als ihr Ruf: Die Wissenschaftssprache Deutsch
Better than Its Reputation: German as a Language of Science

Author(s): Doris Sava
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Science culture; science communication; German in science; German as a language of science;

Summary/Abstract: The article starts from the usage of German in the international scientific discourse and aims at highlighting the challenges of scientific language. In science, language is not a mere instrument for knowledge conveyance, but rather proves to be determinant for scientific thinking, particularly so in the fields of humanities, where scientific results generate, for the most part on a linguistic level, distinct lexical creation items, and the scientific character is bound, to a large extent, to the wording of assertions or to the compliance with conventions specific to scientific communication.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 129-137
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: German