Abstract
While English, supported by technological development and the advent of networked information, has overwhelmingly played a dominating force in the world–wide system of scholarly communication, it has created a deficiency in local scholarly communication systems; the Arabic scholarly communication system is no exception. This paper investigates the impact of English language on the Arab academics’ practices in and attitudes towards research and scholarly communication. It also assesses the challenges facing the future of Arabic scholarship, in particular the crisis regarding the use of the Arabic language in the academic networked environment. A qualitative approach containing semi-structured interviews was utilized to collect rich data about the academics’ practices and attitudes on their choice of language for research and scholarly communication and whether the dominant use of English, especially in science disciplines, hinders the potential of Arabic scholarship to contribute in the development of Arabic as a scholarly language.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046
- Journal
- Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 3(1), 5-28
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Aufi, A. S. (2025). Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 3(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046
MLA 9
Al-Aufi, Ali Saif. "Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, 2025, pp. 5-28. https://doi.org/10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Aufi, Ali Saif. 2025. "Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 3 (1): 5-28. https://doi.org/10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046.
Harvard
Al-Aufi, A. S. (2025) 'Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication', Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 3(1), pp. 5-28. doi:10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046.
Vancouver
Al-Aufi AS. Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. 2025;3(1):5-28. doi:10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046
IEEE
A. S. Al-Aufi, "Domination of English and its impact on the Arabic System of Scholarly Communication," Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 5-28, 2025, doi: 10.53542/jass.v3i1.1046.