Language and globalization in Belgian corporate contexts : institutional, individual, and interactional perspectives

Abstract: This dissertation examines the intricate interplay between language and globalization in corporate contexts against the complex and localized sociolinguistic background of Belgium. A qualitative case study approach is adopted to unravel the intricacies of this interplay from institutional, individual, and interactional perspectives, and the dissertation is structured into three empirical case studies on the basis of these three perspectives. The first case study examines the perspective of ‘globalized institutions’ at FinCorp (pseudonym), a Belgian multinational corporation headquart... Mehr ...