Abstract
This is a written version of a keynote talk delivered at PRISEAL,
Research and Practice: Moving Forward, Reykjavik, Iceland, 14 - 16
September, 2018.
Abstract: Within the fields of English for Academic Purposes
(EAP) and English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP), there is an
unquestioned orthodoxy that scholars with English as an Additional
Language (EAL) are particularly disadvantaged by the pressure to publish
in English (though see Kuteeva 2015 and debate between Hyland 2016a,
2016b and Politzer-Ahlesa et al. 2016). In this paper, I challenge this
orthodoxy, raising questions about the evidence upon which it is based.
Within a framework of ‘verbal hygiene’ (Cameron 1995, 2012), I will
argue that the attention accorded to ‘non-nativeness’ may be
disproportionate to its significance for publication success. I conclude
by proposing some reorientations for researchers and practitioners in
the field that centre on broadening the scope to encompass
non-linguistic structures of inequity.