The Semiperiphery of Academic Writing: Discourses, Communities and Practices

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: The Political and Economic Infrastructure of Academic Practice: The ‘Semiperiphery’ as a Category for Social and Linguistic Analysis....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Erosion of Portuguese Historiographic Discourse....Pages 13-38
The Changing Face of Czech Academic Discourse....Pages 39-61
Academic Discourse Practices in Greece: Exploring the ‘International Conference of Greek Linguistics’....Pages 62-74
Teaching Academic Writing for the Global World in Poland: The ELF Perspective....Pages 75-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Centre-Periphery Relations in the Spanish Context: Temporal and Cross-Disciplinary Variation....Pages 93-104
Portuguese Academics’ Attitudes to English as the Academic Lingua Franca: A Case-Study....Pages 105-120
Changing Research Writing Practices in Romania: Perceptions and Attitudes....Pages 121-147
Looking Back from the Centre: Experiences of Italian Humanities Scholars Living and Writing Abroad....Pages 148-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Turkish Academic Culture in Transition: Centre-Based State Policies and Semiperipheral Practices of Research, Publishing and Promotion....Pages 165-188
English-Medium Journals in Serbia: Editors’ Perspectives....Pages 189-209
The Croatian Medical Journal: Success and Consequences....Pages 210-220
The Academic Weblog as a Semiperipheral Genre....Pages 221-239
Conclusion: Combating the Centripetal Pull in Academic Writing....Pages 240-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-282