Publications

Publication details [#61438]

Koskela, Merja and Nina Pilke. 2016. From Slow Repetition to Awkward Omission: Economic, Efficient, and Precise Language Use in Bilingual Formal Meetings. Multilingua 35 (3) : 251–276.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | communicative efficiency | meeting | professional language | typology

Language as a subject

Finnish | Swedish

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

It is explored how Finnish and Swedish resources, deployed in bilingual formal expert presentations, operate regarding three ideal professional communication standards: economy, efficiency, and precision. Based on the outcome, a typology of bilingual action for bilingual formal meetings is proposed.