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<P><FONT size=2>Academic Writing in a Global Context: Lillis, Curry<BR><BR><BR>Title: Academic Writing in a Global Context<BR>Subtitle: The politics and practices of publishing in English<BR>Published: 2010<BR>Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)<BR> <A href="http://www.routledge.com/">http://www.routledge.com/</A><BR><BR>Book URL: <A href="http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415468831/">http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415468831/</A><BR><BR>Author: Theresa Lillis<BR>Author: Mary Jane Curry<BR><BR>Abstract:<BR><BR>Academic Writing in a Global Context addresses the issue of the pressure on<BR>academics worldwide to produce their work in English in scholarly<BR>publishing, and why the growth of the use of academic English matters.<BR><BR>Drawing on an eight year 'text-ethnographic' study of the experiences of<BR>fifty scholars working in Europe, this book discusses these questions at<BR>both a macro and micro level- through discussions of knowledge evaluation<BR>systems on all levels, and analysis of the progress of a text towards<BR>publication. In addition to this, case studies of individual scholars in<BR>their local institutions and countries are used to illustrate experiences<BR>of using English in the academic world.<BR><BR>Academic Writing in a Global Context examines the impact of the growing<BR>dominance of English on academic writing for publication globally. The<BR>authors explore the ways in which the global status attributed to English<BR>is impacting on the lives and practices of multilingual scholars working in<BR>contexts where English is not the official language of communication and<BR>throws into relief the politics surrounding academic publishing.<BR><BR>Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics<BR> Sociolinguistics<BR><BR>Written In: English (eng )<BR><BR>See this book announcement on our website:<BR><A href="http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=48586">http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=48586</A><BR><BR><A href="http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-2378.html">http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-2378.html</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>