Overview
- Demystifies the occluded genre of academic peer review
- Demonstrates how reviewers’ reports reveal the values of disciplinary communities
- Considers sociolinguistic issues such as face, gender, language background
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“This book makes a useful contribution to the process, one that would be of immense value to new reviewers and of great interest to the more seasoned.” (Gillian Skyrme, Journal of Second Language Writing, Vol. 43, March, 2019)
“The Discourse of Peer Review is a research monograph based on a meticulous analysis of 97 reviewers' reports written for English for Specific Purposes (ESP), focusing on rhetorical moves, pragmatics, use of evaluative language, and the need for reviewer training. As such, it also has much to offer teachers and scholars of writing, in addition to beginning academic authors and prospective reviewers.” (Jeroen Gevers, System, April, 2018)
“In The Discourse of Peer Review: Reviewing Submissions to Academic Journals, Paltridge analyses the genre of the reviewers’ report through linguistic lenses of evaluation, politeness, and pragmatics (the relationship between language and context), generating a research monograph that will be of primary interest to scholars of language and communication.” (Steven E. Gump, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Vol. 49 (2), January, 2018)
“The greatest value of Paltridge’s book is that it offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary insights into peer-review writing … . The writing is clear and fluid, facilitating an easy and enjoyable read. It is an essential read for those who engage in training editors and reviewers and useful for scholars, researchers and PhD students. The book can also be used in teaching academic writing.” (Lilia Raitskaya, Discourse & Communication, Vol. 12 (06), 2018)
“The pedagogical strategies the book presents constitute a useful reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in academic writing, particularly in terms of developing training programmes, ensuring quality and publication standards, as well as maintaining the community values and norms.” (Jihua Dong, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2018)
“Paltridge cracks open the black box of a genre all academics depend on but few have attempted to analyse: the peer review. This insightful volume will certainly appeal to both researchers and instructors of academic writing – as well as authors who want to better understand what reviewers are trying to tell them.” (Lynn P. Nygaard, special advisor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway)
“Brian Paltridge’s The Discourse of Peer Review is a rigorous and highly skilled analysis of the peer review, which has much to offer anyone concerned with the evaluation of scholarly writing, be it as an editor, a reviewer or indeed as an author. Drawing on his personal and professional experience of reviewing, Paltridge also shows us precisely how careful discourse analysis of an academic genre can best be conducted. The book is an invaluable resource for those teaching and learning about the socio-pragmatics of reviewing.” (Sally Burgess, University of La Laguna, Spain)
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Book Title: The Discourse of Peer Review
Book Subtitle: Reviewing Submissions to Academic Journals
Authors: Brian Paltridge
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48736-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48735-3Published: 01 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48736-0Published: 25 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 235
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociolinguistics, Communication Studies, Language and Literature, Discourse Analysis