Theresa Lillis
is a senior lecturer in language and communication in the Centre for Language and Communications at The Open University, UK.Mary Jane Curry is Assistant Professor of Foreign Language/TESOL Education at the Warner Graduate School of Education at University of Rochester, New York, and founding director of the Warner School’s Writing Support Services. They are both well known and respected by academics in the fields of Academic Literacy, English for Academic Purposes and New Literacy Studies. Their work is also known by practitioners, including teachers, journal editors and editors/translators. They have collaborated on research projects and joint publications. They would build on this successful collaboration, including their familiarity with current policy and publishing debates in both US and UK contexts in writing this book.
"This book takes the exploration of academic writing and publishing
in new directions, not least in the array of methodological and
theoretical constructs developed in the book. Through their
research Lillis and Curry have provided rich perspectives into the
ways texts are shaped, who is involved in this process and where
this happens." - Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University,
USA"The readers will be amazed by the amount of data the authors
have scrutinized and included into this book. The terminologies
used in the book are well explained and easy to read. All in all,
this book is considered to be a milestone in the issue of nonnative
English writing for publication." – English for Specific
Purposes'... a formidable work... This book is a must-read for all
who are engaged in preparing students and scholars in
non-Anglophone contexts for academic writing and publication for
the global research community. On the whole, the findings and
conclusions enrich our current knowledge of academic text
production in various contexts and it will surely transform
understandings about English as a lingua franca in academic
contexts.' - Linguist List'This volume fills a gap in the
literature by looking at the issue using multiple data sources,
including texts, talk around texts, interviews, email discussions,
field notes, and documentary data.' - Nur Yigitoglu, TESOL
Quarterly'I appreciate the authors’ contribution, argument, and
dual perspectives of examining EALF through the lens of
macrogeopolitics and of individual scholars. I particularly liked
their emphasis on ‘‘text ethnography’’ and sample textual changes
because they lend credence to their arguments. I also like the
diversity of the participants: The 50 scholars range from junior
scholars to established senior researchers.' - Tosh Tachino,
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
"This book takes the exploration of academic writing and publishing
in new directions, not least in the array of methodological and
theoretical constructs developed in the book. Through their
research Lillis and Curry have provided rich perspectives into the
ways texts are shaped, who is involved in this process and where
this happens." Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University,
USA'...this book provides a fascinating glimpse below the water
line of academic writing, bringing into focus the powerful currents
operating beneath the surface of the published journal article.' -
Journal of Second Language Writing'Academic Writing in a Global
Context represents a ground-breaking approach to analysing the
politics and practices of academic writing for publication. The
book makes an invaluable contribution to the fields of applied
linguistics, teaching and researching writing in general and
academic literacies in particular, and teaching English as a second
and foreign language. It will no doubt be of interest to
researchers an teachers in these fields and become part of the
lists of highly recommended readings in postgraduate programmes in
these areas.' - Journal of English for Academic Purposes'...
persuasive, exhaustively detailed, and lucid.' - World
Englishes'[A] formidable work... This book is a must-read for all
who are engaged in preparing students and scholars in
non-Anglophone contexts for academic writing and publication for
the global research community.' - LINGUIST List'Academic Writing in
a Global Context is a thorough exploration of the consequences of
the dominance of English in academic publishing. It offers a good
insight into the different aspects of academic text and knowledge
production and how these are influenced by the current publishing
practices. All in all, this volume is highly recommendable for
researchers and teachers whose interests lie in language and
globalization and academic writing.' - Špela Mežek, Ibérica
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