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Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes
Vol. 1:1 (2020) ► pp. 28–50
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Global perspectives on linguacultural variation in academic publishing

| Georgia State University
| Georgia State University

This primarily interview-based study explores the perspectives of published applied linguists around the world on what has facilitated their success in reaching multiple readerships. The focus, more specifically, is on scholars in non-English-dominant settings, a number of whom have made a commitment to both inter- and intranational academic publication, and their perceptions of intercultural rhetoric issues salient in various linguacultural contexts. The findings indicated that such scholars were divided in their views on whether or not there are considerable differences in the rhetorical expectations of international Anglophone and more region-specific, or intranational, journal audiences. What this study’s participants shared was an appreciation of the complexities of authorial cross-contextual negotiation of multiple research worlds, only some of which are Anglophone.

Keywords: bilingual publishing, dual publication agendas, intercultural rhetoric, linguacultural variation
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Prior research
  • 3.The current study
    • 3.1Participants
    • 3.2Data collection
    • 3.3Data analysis
  • 4.Findings
    • 4.1From European vantage points: Focus on difference
      • 4.1.1Summary
    • 4.2Views from Asia: Less focused on linguacultural difference
      • 4.2.1Summary
  • 5.Discussion
    • 5.1Pedagogical implications
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 20 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.19009.bel
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