ISSN:
1588-2861
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Information Science and Librarianship
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Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
Notes:
Abstract A cross-sectional examination of the fisheries literature for 1978 was made to see how language use patterns were related to communicating research information. An analysis of 884 articles indicated that despite the dominance of English as an international communicative medium, there was a strong national language usage pattern. National language usage was not confined to local fisheries problems, but cut across issues of international importance. For most of the articles the language of publication was directly predictable from the first author's country of residence. However the mismatch between these variables for about six percent of the sample suggested the need for a detailed study of individual cases.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02019740
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