Lexical borrowing from English into Danish in the sciences: an empirical investigation of 'domain loss'
Lexical borrowing from English into Danish in the sciences: an empirical investigation of 'domain loss'
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科学领域从英语到丹麦语的词汇借用：对“领域损失”的实证研究
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10.1111/j.1473-4192.2012.00324.x
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2013
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A. Hultgren
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A. Hultgren
英语作为一种国际科学语言的出现，在北欧国家引发了关于“领域丧失”的激烈辩论，在这里，“领域丧失”指的是北欧国家的语言未能开发出足够的科学术语。这篇论文通过考察哥本哈根大学10名科学家在化学、物理和计算机科学本科课程上的语言实践，揭示了一些关于领域损失的迫切需要的经验。研究发现，从英语到丹麦语的词汇借用在科学领域内存在着相当大的差异，其中计算机科学领域的词汇借用明显多于物理和化学领域。本文讨论了与域名丢失概念有关的调查结果，并为所表达的担忧提供了一些替代理由。
The emergence of English as an international language of science has generated prolific debates in the Nordic countries about ‘domain loss’, here defined as the national Nordic languages failing to develop adequate scientific terminology. This paper sheds some much needed empirical light on domain loss by examining the language practices of 10 scientists delivering undergraduate courses in chemistry, physics and computer science at the University of Copenhagen. Focusing on lexical borrowing from English into Danish, it is found that there is considerable variation within the scientific domain, with the sub-domain computer science exhibiting significantly more lexical borrowing than physics and chemistry. The paper discusses the findings in relation to the concept of domain loss, and offers some alternative reasons for the concern that has been expressed.