The Academic Enculturation of Chinese Archaeologists A Study of Disciplinary Texts, Practices and Identities

In the past few decades, sustained and overwhelming research attention has been given to EAL (English as an Additional Language) scholars' English writing and publishing. While this line of research has shed important light on the scene of global knowledge production and dissemination, it tends to overlook the less Anglicized and more locally bound disciplines located at the academic periphery. This book aimed to fill the gap by examining the academic enculturation experiences of Chinese archaeologists through the lens of their disciplinary writing.
Consisting of a situated genre analysis and a multi-case study, the textographic study disclosed the immense complexity of archaeologists' texts, practices and identities. Important implications were generated for writing researchers and teachers as well as archaeologists and other HSS (the humanities and social sciences) scholars. This book would make a valuable reading for researchers and students of disciplinary/academic writing, second language writing and literacy studies.

About the author

Meng Ge received her PhD from the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, and is now working as a senior editor at Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing. Her research interests include disciplinary/academic writing, second language writing and literacy education.

Product details

• Authors: Meng Ge
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.01.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9781433186097
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-8609-7
• Pages: 286
• Illustrations: 76 Abb.
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 2.1 x 22.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 508 g
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Knowledge Production, Chinese, Identities, Language: history & general works, Practices, Study, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological Theory, ELT: English for academic purposes, academic, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques, texts, Chinese Archaeology, Disciplinary, Enculturation, EAL scholars’ writing and publishing academic periphery, Meng, literate practices, New Rhetorical genre theory, Chinese archaeologists, Archaeologists, academic identities, disciplinary writing, academic enculturation, Meng Ge, the HSS disciplines, textography