Language Perceptions and Practices in Multilingual Universities. Maria Kuteeva, Kathrin Kaufhold, Niina Hynninen, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. 424 pp. Hb (9783030387549) € 145.59, Pb (9783030387570) € 103.99, Ebk (9783030387556) € 117.69

Abstract

[EN]If one googles the word “internationalization,” a mesmerizing 15 million plus results will direct ustoward topics that span from a product tailored in such a way that it can be readily consumed acrossmany different countries and encoding characters ready to be used in software across many nations toan established Journal of Internationalization and Localization dedicated to a field of research that“is more and more solicited by language businesses, software developers, translation agencies, inter-national multilingual organizations, universities, language planning policy makers and standardizationinstitutes” (The Journal of Internationalization and Localization: main webpage, 2021). The wordingused in the latter description of this journal is, to say the least, remarkable for its ability to mix, mesh,and serve to institutions that span from public to private, and from policymaking to software develop-ers. Furthermore, it urges for a thorough investigation on what factors might have led to “universities”being both a producer and a container of internationalization and localization practices in such a needto be considered as subjects, producers, and receivers of research on how their “internationalizing” and“localizing” modus operandi is and how it ought to be