How interdisciplinarity makes academic practices in linguistics more sustainable

Interdisciplinarity is valuable in contributing to the sustainable developement of academic practices in linguistics. This page aims to clarity the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in the linguistic field.

Values of interdisciplinarity in sustainable linguistics

According to "How interdisciplinarity contributes to sustainable development", collaborating within and beyond disciplines contributes to the sustainability of linguistics by exerting positive social impact, boosting academic innovation, and fostering personal development.

Societal impact

Interdisciplinary collaboration is goal-driven. The values of interdisciplinarity in linguistics lie in: it probes into language-related issues and seeks solutions. For example, second language acquisition unites scholars from psychology, linguistics and education to develop better techniques for children to acquire new languages; with the strong influence of globalization, researchers from sociology and linguistics are gathered to share a focus on Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization; clinical fields aiming to solve language-related disorders are developing integrating applied linguistics with speech pathology and audiology.

Academic innovation

Interdisciplinarity results in sustainble academic innovation. Linguistics is interdisciplinary, integrating methods and knowledge from other fields, resulting in various subfields of linguistics. Researches triggered by interdisciplinary collaboration produces new concepts, models, and methods; provides new interdisciplinary perspectives; contributes to the emergence of new disciplines.

Linguists' development

Many linguists are interdisciplinary, using methods and knowledge from other disciplines to boost the development of linguistics. Interdisciplinary collaboration provides opportunities for linguists to practice their research skills, social skills and communicative skills. With strong experience, linguists are able to make contribution to the field with enhanced competence and global insights.

Goals of interdisciplinarity in sustainable linguistics

Protecting language sustainbility

• Share a focus on language-related issues: By collaborating within and beyond disciplines, the awareness concerning languages, language endangerment and language diversity is raised among different disciplines.
• Long-term strategies for language use and maintenance

Providing equal opportunities (region, gender, language)

• Gender:Considerations of gender bias in language and its cultural influences in relation to women's rights, non-binary rights and in general move toward a more neutral and inclusive language within society. Gender research should be integrated in the linguistic field.
• language:Providing education in native languages of the communities and from the community's needs and perspectives. The project needs the cooperation from educators, sociologists, and linguists.
• Region: Assist developing countries by providing technological and financial resources to do linguistic research.

Promoting universal cooperation

• Providing language education in English and/or other second languages to allow the possibility of cross-cultural collaboration.
• Remove barriers for participation in international community.
• Providing services in multi-lingual contexts.