Academic publishing and the myth of linguistic injustice

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-69

  Hyland, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; EAL writers; Linguistic injustice; Peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958232310     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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