Academic Writing in a Global Context: The Politics and Practices of Publishing in English

by Theresa Lillis and Mary Jane Curry

Book Overview

Academic Writing in a Global Context addresses the issue of the pressure on academics worldwide to produce their work in English in scholarly publishing, and why the growth of the use of academic English matters.

Drawing on an eight year 'text-ethnographic' study of the experiences of fifty scholars working in Europe, this book discusses these questions at both a macro and micro level - through discussions of knowledge evaluation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415468833
• ISBN13: 9780415468831
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"