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Language assets, scientific prestige, and academic power: The efficacy of national linguistic capital in internationalizing career trajectories
Stockholms universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3997-1149
Stockholms universitet.
Institute for Language and Folklore, Språkrådet. Språkrådet.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1776-435X
2021 (English)In: Language Matters in Higher Education Contexts: Policy and Practice / [ed] Apelgren, B.M., Eriksson, A.M. & Strömberg Jämsvi, S., Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2021, p. 112-129Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this chapter we examine the value held by national languages, here Swedish, in scholarly career trajectories in non-Anglophone countries. To this end, we analyse the language policies of Swedish higher education institutions and the narrated perceptions of two international recruits. Adopting Pierre Bourdieu’s distinction between scientific and academic capital, we argue that Swedish language skills constitute a vital asset in processes of accruing power in Sweden’s scientific world. Hence, as we maintain, English is not all that matters, despite internationalisation being high on the agenda.

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Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2021. p. 112-129
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Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, ISSN 2542-8721 ; 22
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Languages and Literature Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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Language Policy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sprakochfolkminnen:diva-2342DOI: 10.1163/9789004507920_007ISBN: 978-90-04-50791-3 (print)ISBN: 978-90-04-50790-6 (print)ISBN: 978-90-04-50792-0 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sprakochfolkminnen-2342DiVA, id: diva2:1622249
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Preprint i skriftserien Working Papers in Urban Language and Literacies, nr 270. 

Sedermera publicerat som "Language assets, scientific prestige, and academic power" (Salö, Holmes och Hanell 2021). 

Available from: 2021-12-21 Created: 2021-12-21 Last updated: 2021-12-22Bibliographically approved

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