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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 10:1 (1987) ► pp. 98–117

Academic communication in a foreign language

The example of Scandinavian psychology

| James Cook University
| National University of Singapore
The view that Science consists of cooperative networks formed amongst invisible colleges of scholars is discussed and the role of language in scholarly communication is described. A detailed description of one such network, that formed by Scandinavian Psychologists, and the role that language plays in communicating information within and to those external to that network is then provided.
Published online: 01 January 1987
https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.10.1.06bal
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