TY - JOUR
T1 - Theorizing the Value of English Proficiency in Cross-Cultural Rhetorics of Health and Medicine
T2 - A Qualitative Study
AU - Koerber, Amy
AU - Graham, Hilary
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - This study reports the results of 12 recent interviews with nonnative-English-speaking (NNES) authors who have conducted research and written articles on health and medical subjects. Analyzing the interview transcripts through the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu’s forms of capital, this study expands on previous research by offering a more precise and theoretically grounded understanding of how NNES authors perceive the value of English proficiency in relation to their success as scientific researchers. This theorization of the varying ways in which authors perceive the value of English proficiency affords new perspectives on the inequities that NNES authors encounter in the global publishing economy and their rhetorical strategies for overcoming these inequities. The study concludes by reflecting on theoretical and practical implications for researchers, teachers, and other stakeholders in the global publishing industry.
AB - This study reports the results of 12 recent interviews with nonnative-English-speaking (NNES) authors who have conducted research and written articles on health and medical subjects. Analyzing the interview transcripts through the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu’s forms of capital, this study expands on previous research by offering a more precise and theoretically grounded understanding of how NNES authors perceive the value of English proficiency in relation to their success as scientific researchers. This theorization of the varying ways in which authors perceive the value of English proficiency affords new perspectives on the inequities that NNES authors encounter in the global publishing economy and their rhetorical strategies for overcoming these inequities. The study concludes by reflecting on theoretical and practical implications for researchers, teachers, and other stakeholders in the global publishing industry.
KW - Bourdieu
KW - global publishing
KW - intercultural communication
KW - qualitative research
KW - scientific and medical communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85002202335&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1050651916667533
DO - 10.1177/1050651916667533
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85002202335
SN - 1050-6519
VL - 31
SP - 63
EP - 93
JO - Journal of Business and Technical Communication
JF - Journal of Business and Technical Communication
IS - 1
ER -