Regulating the language of research writing: disciplinary and institutional mechanisms

Solin, Anna; Hynninen, Niina

doi:10.1080/09500782.2018.1511727

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“…The implementation of bibliometric performance indicators and research evaluation regimes in higher education systems across the globe are among some of the changes that have contributed to recent decades' 'revolution' of higher education [22,[35][36][37][38]. Possibly, it is in the context of such intense restructuring that norms come to be seen as being in need of overt negotiation, as captured in the emerging field of study 'language regulation in academia' [39]. It has been shown that there are an abundance of stakeholders involved in text production, what they refer to as 'literacy brokers' [40].…”

Section: Verbal Hygienementioning

confidence: 99%

English as the Language for Academic Publication: on Equity, Disadvantage and ‘Non-Nativeness’ as a Red Herring

Hultgren

2019

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Within the fields of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP), the question of whether English as an Additional Language (EAL) scholars are disadvantaged by the pressure to publish in English continues to be debated. In this paper, I challenge this orthodoxy, raising questions about the evidence upon which it is based. Within a framework of ‘verbal hygiene’, I will argue that the attention accorded to ‘non-nativeness’ may be disproportionate to its significance for publication success. I conclude by proposing some reorientations for researchers and practitioners in the field that encompass non-linguistic structures of inequity.

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Section: Verbal Hygienementioning

confidence: 99%

English as the Language for Academic Publication: on Equity, Disadvantage and ‘Non-Nativeness’ as a Red Herring

Hultgren

2019

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“…Future research directions: While interest has been growing in how a range of people intervene in the development of an author's texts, more research needs to illuminate the collaborative nature of academic writing for publication, whether such collaboration is named or unnamed, pre-or post-submission (e.g., [26,122]). In the case of novice scholars, while studies have explored the involvement of laboratory co-workers and advisors in their publishing efforts [99,123], more research on this topic would be beneficial (for a literature review, see Li [124]).…”

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“…2 We use this term to refer to scholars who work in contexts where the local language/language of daily communication is not English, recognizing that multilingualism characterizes most regions of the world. education and psychology [4,[16][17][18][19]; business [20]; medicine [21,22]; engineering [23,24]; computer science [25,26]; and many other science disciplines [27,28]. Widening the lens beyond examining individual scholars' responses, researchers have also critiqued policies that enforce and sustain the pressures for English-medium publishing as well as exploring multilingual scholars' perspectives on these policies (e.g., [4,26,29]).…”

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Unpacking the Lore on Multilingual Scholars Publishing in English: A Discussion Paper

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Lillis

2019

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In the past three decades, a body of research on issues related to multilingual scholars writing for publication has emerged, paralleling the rise of pressures on scholars around the world to publish their work in high-status journals, especially those included in particular journal citation indexes; these indexes typically privilege the use of English. Researchers have investigated multilingual scholars’ experiences and perspectives, the social contexts of their work, policies on research publishing, aspects of the texts produced by multilingual scholars, the kinds of people scholars interact with while working to publish their research, their collaborations and networks, and pedagogical initiatives to support their publishing efforts. Nevertheless, as ongoing research is conducted, the existing research base has not always been consulted in meaningful ways. In this paper, we draw on the notion of ‘lore’ to identify some of the preconceptions or received wisdom about multilingual scholars and their writing that seem to be circulating, then argue for researchers to move beyond the ‘lore’ and make greater use of both findings from empirical research and related theoretical and methodological conversations. We identify directions for future research to be conducted.

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“…Our study suggests that scholars' online writing is influenced by the evaluative regimes of research writing (cf. Kuteeva & Mauranen, 2018), that is, scholars orient to centres of evaluative authority connected to discipline-specific and institutional power structures on international, national and local levels (Nygaard, 2015;Solin & Hynninen, 2018). Thus, online writing gains its meaning, but not its form, from research writing.…”

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“…Research-based writing is now generally understood as social endeavour (Bazerman, 1994;Miller, 1984;Swales, 2004), as meaningfully acting in the world (Lillis, 2013). As such, academic writing is embedded in academics' professional practices (Bhatia, 2004) and in social power relations that regulate writing ( Solin & Hynninen, 2018;Street, 2003). Lillis (2013) uses the term "evaluative regimes" to highlight the role of institutions, such as academia, in shaping what is perceived to be appropriate writing.…”

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The value of academics’ research-related online writing

Hynninen¹,

Kaufhold

2020

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Research productivity indicators tend to ignore online and social media writing of academics, nevertheless, many academics for instance tweet and blog. It thus seems that there is additional value for writing in these genres. This study sets out to explore what roles writing in these hybrid online genres plays in relation to academics’ research activities. Drawing on in-depth research interviews with 29 academics with various L1s from three different disciplines, the study focuses on the participants’ perceptions of tweeting and blogging, and how they value writing in these genres in relation to core research-writing genres in their fields. Besides some differences in the evaluations between the disciplines, in general the academics expressed a strong orientation towards evaluative regimes related to writing in their core genres, particularly institutional merit systems and peer review systems. At the same time, the hybrid genres seemed to gain value beyond these systems in providing opportunities for self-actualisation and communicating on one’s own terms. The findings provide important insights into the ecology of genres academics make use of in the process of knowledge production.

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Regulating the language of research writing: disciplinary and institutional mechanisms

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

English as the Language for Academic Publication: on Equity, Disadvantage and ‘Non-Nativeness’ as a Red Herring

English as the Language for Academic Publication: on Equity, Disadvantage and ‘Non-Nativeness’ as a Red Herring

Unpacking the Lore on Multilingual Scholars Publishing in English: A Discussion Paper

The value of academics’ research-related online writing

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