Is linguistic injustice a myth? A response to Hyland (2016)

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-8

  Politzer Ahles, Stephen ^a,b   Holliday, Jeffrey J ^c   Girolamo, Teresa ^d   Spychalska, Maria ^e   Berkson, Kelly Harper ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; EAL writers; Language privilege; Linguistic injustice; Peer review; Privilege

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991242153     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2016.09.003     Document Type: Note

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