'Theoretical subtleties' or 'text modules'? German researchers' language demands and attitudes across disciplinary cultures

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-40

  Gnutzmann, Claus ^a   Rabe, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic writing; Disciplinary cultures; Interviewing; Language demands; Language norms; Non native English speaking scholars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894643515     PISSN: 14751585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Airey J. "I don't teach language". The linguistic attitudes of physics lecturers in Sweden. Integrating content and language in higher education 2012, Vol. 25:64-79. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, Philadelphia. R. Manchón, U. Smit, E. Dafouz (Eds.).
2. Ammon U. Towards more fairness in international English: linguistic rights of non-native speakers?. Rights to language. Equity, power, and education 2000, 111-116. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey. R. Phillipson (Ed.).
3. The dominance of English as a language of science: effects on other languages and language communities 2001, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. U. Ammon (Ed.).
4. Ammon U., McConnell G.D. English as an academic language in Europe: a survey of its use in teaching 2002, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, New York.
5. Becher T. The significance of disciplinary differences. Studies in Higher Education 1994, 19(2):151-161.
6. Björkman B. English as an academic lingua franca: an investigation of form and communicative effectiveness 2013, de Gruyter, Berlin.
7. Bolton K., Kuteeva M. English as an academic language at a Swedish university: parallel language use and the 'threat' of English. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2012, 33(5):429-447.
8. Canagarajah A.S. "Nondiscursive" requirements in academic publishing, material resources of periphery scholars, and the politics of knowledge production. Written Communication 1996, 13(4):435-472.
9. Canagarajah A.S. Multilingual writers and the academic community: towards a critical relationship. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 2002, 1(1):29-44.
10. Canagarajah A.S. Ageopolitics of academic writing 2002, University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh.
11. Coleman J.A. English-medium teaching in European higher education. Language Teaching 2006, 39(1):1-14.
12. Ferguson G. The global spread of English, scientific communication and ESP: questions of equity, access and domain loss. Iberíca 2007, 13(1):7-38.
13. Flowerdew J. The non-anglophone scholar on the periphery of scholarly publication. Linguistic inequality in scientific communication today 2007, Vol. 20:14-27. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, Philadelphia. A. Carli, U. Ammon (Eds.).
14. Flowerdew J., Li Y. English or Chinese? the trade-off between local and international publication among Chinese academics in the humanities and social sciences. Journal of Second Language Writing 2009, 18(1):1-16.
15. English in academia. Catalyst or barrier? 2008, Narr, Tübingen. C. Gnutzmann (Ed.).
16. Gnutzmann C. Language for specific purposes vs. general language. Handbook of foreign language communication and learning 2009, 517-544. Mouton de Gruyter, New York. K. Knapp, B. Seidlhofer, H.G. Widdowson (Eds.).
17. Fremdsprachen in nichtsprachlichen Studiengängen. Fremdsprachen Lehren und Lernen (FLuL) 2012, Vol. 41/2. Narr, Tübingen. C. Gnutzmann (Ed.).
18. Haberland H., Mortensen J. Language variety, language hierarchy and language choice in the international university. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2012, 216:1-6.
19. Hamel R.E. The dominance of English in the international scientific periodical literature and the future of language use in science. Linguistic inequality in scientific communication today 2007, Vol. 20:53-71. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, Philadelphia. A. Carli, U. Ammon (Eds.).
20. Hyland K. Academic discourse. English in a global context 2009, Continuum, London, New York.
21. Hyland K. 'The past is the future with the lights on': reflections on AELFE's 20th birthday. Ibérica 2012, 24:29-42.
22. Hyland K. Writing in the university: education, knowledge and reputation. Language Teaching 2013, 46(1):53-70.
23. Kachru B.B. Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: the English language in the outer circle. English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures 1985, 11-30. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. R. Quirk, H.G. Widdowson (Eds.).
24. Kluge S. Empirically grounded construction of types and typologies in qualitative social research. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research 2000, 1(1). n.p.
25. Lehnen K. Disziplinenspezifische Schreibprozesse und ihre Didaktik. Hochschulkommunikation in der Diskussion 2009, 281-300. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main. M. Lévy-Tödter, D. Meer (Eds.).
26. Lillis T.M., Curry M.J. Academic writing in a global context. The politics and practices of publishing in English 2010, Routledge, London.
27. Mauranen A. Exploring ELF: Academic English shaped by non-native speakers 2012, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
28. Mauranen A., Pérez-Llantada C., Swales J.M. Academic Englishes: A standardized knowledge?. The Routledge handbook of world Englishes 2010, 634-652. Routledge, London. A. Kirkpatrick (Ed.).
29. Moreno A.I., Rey-Rocha J., Burgess S., López-Navarro I., Sachdev I. Spanish researchers' perceived difficulty writing research articles for English-medium journals: the impact of proficiency in English versus publication experience. Ibérica 2012, 24:157-183.
30. Okamura A. Two types of strategies used by Japanese scientists, when writing research articles in English. System 2006, 34(1):68-79.
31. Pérez-Llantada C., Plo R., Ferguson G. 'You don't say what you know, only what you can': the perceptions and practices of senior Spanish academics regarding research dissemination in English. English for Specific Purposes 2010, 30(1):18-30.
32. Petersen M., Shaw P. Language and disciplinary differences in a biliterate context. World Englishes 2002, 21(3):357-374.
33. Prior P. Are communities of practice really an alternative to discourse communities?. Paper presented at the American association of applied linguistics, Washington, 22-25 March 2003.
34. Samraj B., Swales J. Writing in conservation biology: searching for an interdisciplinary rhetoric?. Language and Learning Across the Disciplines 2000, 3(3):36-56.
35. Tardy C. The role of English in scientific communication: lingua franca or Tyrannosaurus rex?. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 2004, 3(3):247-269.
36. Thomas D.R. Ageneral inductive approach for analyzing qualitative evaluation data. American Journal of Evaluation 2006, 27(2):237-246.
37. Wenger E. Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity 1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
38. Witzel A. The problem-centered interview. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research 2000, 1(1). n.p.