Emergency Language Services: Research Topics and Research Paradigm

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.268

Abstract

Abstract:

National emergency management capability is the key sign of the modernization of national governance capacity. Emergency language service is an essential part of the national emergency management system. It is the cornerstone to ensure efficient communication, life assistance, and public opinion guidance. China has always attached importance to emergency language services and incorporated them into the outline of the national language development plan for the new era to advance the nation’s emergency language construction. The sudden occurrence of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in late 2019 provided us with an opportunity to review emergency language services and improve emergency language management planning and construction, which has attracted scholars’ research interest. However, few studies have discussed the subject attributes, research topics, and research paradigm of emergency language services from a subject matter perspective. Therefore, the article takes the realistic language needs for the prevention and control of the coronavirus epidemic, from the perspective of emergency language services, discusses the subject attributes, research topics, and research directions of emergency language services, and proposes ten major research topics for emergency language services, together with three research paradigms. This article maintains that emergency language service research is promising, and it aims to provide multidimensional perspectives to meet the language needs of public emergencies and enhance the level of national emergency language capability.

Keywords: emergency language services; emergency language services studies; emergency management; COVID-19; emergent public affairs

摘要：

国家应急管理能力是国家治理能力现代化的重要标志。应急语言服务是国家应急管理体系的重要组成部分,是确保突发公共事件时信息畅通、生命救助、舆情引领和社会稳定的基石。我国历来重视应急语言服务工作,并将其纳入新时代语言文字发展规划纲要推进建设。2019年底突发的新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情为我们提供了审视应急语言服务、完善应急语言管理规划与建设的契机,引发了众多学者的关注,但目前鲜有研究从学科视角讨论应急语言服务的学科属性、研究课题与研究范式等话题。鉴于此,本文以此次新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控为例,从应急语言服务视角出发,围绕应急语言服务的学科属性、研究课题、研究范式进行论述,提出应急语言服务研究的十大研究课题与三个研究范式,认为应急语言服务研究大有可为,希望为满足突发公共事件的语言需求、提升国家应急语言能力提供多维思考。

关键词: 应急语言服务, 应急语言服务学, 应急管理, 新冠肺炎, 突发公共事件

CLC Number:

H002

Yanjiang Teng. Emergency Language Services: Research Topics and Research Paradigm[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2020, 42(1): 31-44.

滕延江. 应急语言服务：研究课题与研究范式[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2020, 42(1): 31-44.

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