The Semiperiphery of Academic Writing [electronic resource] : Discourses, Communities and Practices /
Bennett, Karen,author.
Bennett, K.editor.
With researchers around the world are under increasing pressure to publish in high-profile international journals, this book explores some of the issues affecting authors on the semiperiphery, who often find themselves torn between conflicting academic cultures and discourses.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Political and Economic Infrastructure of Academic Practice: The 'Semiperiphery' as a Category for Social and Linguistic Analysis; Part I: Discourses in Tension; 1 The Erosion of Portuguese Historiographic Discourse; 2 The Changing Face of Czech Academic Discourse; 3 Academic Discourse Practices in Greece: Exploring the 'International Conference of Greek Linguistics'; 4 Teaching Academic Writing for the Global World in Poland: The ELF Perspective
Part II: Communities in Conflict5 Centre-Periphery Relations in the Spanish Context: Temporal and Cross-Disciplinary Variation; 6 Portuguese Academics' Attitudes to English as the Academic Lingua Franca: A Case-Study; 7 Changing Research Writing Practices in Romania: Perceptions and Attitudes; 8 Looking Back from the Centre: Experiences of Italian Humanities Scholars Living and Writing Abroad; Part III: Publication Practices; 9 Turkish Academic Culture in Transition: Centre-Based State Policies and Semiperipheral Practices of Research, Publishing and Promotion
10 English-Medium Journals in Serbia: Editors' Perspectives11 The Croatian Medical Journal: Success and Consequences; 12 The Academic Weblog as a Semiperipheral Genre; Conclusion: Combating the Centripetal Pull in Academic Writing; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
With researchers around the world are under increasing pressure to publish in high-profile international journals, this book explores some of the issues affecting authors on the semiperiphery, who often find themselves torn between conflicting academic cultures and discourses.
Discourse analysis.
Applied linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Discourse Analysis.
Applied Linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Historical Linguistics.
Language Teaching.