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London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

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ISBN 978-1-137-48736-0 (e-kniha)

ISBN 978-1-137-48735-3 (print)

This book examines reports that are written by reviewers of submissions to a peer-reviewed journal. This includes a thorough study of the reports from the perspectives of context, content and genre, as well as from the point of view of pragmatics and politeness. The author examines the use of evaluative language, and the roles reviewers assume as they make their evaluations. He also explores how reviewers learn to write these reports. He then discusses the results of these analyses from the point of view of reviewer training, making suggestions for further research in the area of editorial peer review. The demystification of this occluded genre will be of benefit to doctoral students and early career academics not yet familiar with the peer review process, as well as those working in the broader areas of English for Specific Purposes and English for Academic Purposes, discourse analysis and writing for publication. Brian Paltridge is Professor of TESOL at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he teaches courses on writing for publication, thesis and dissertation writing, discourse analysis, and English for specific purposes. He is a co-editor of TESOL Quarterly and Editor Emeritus of English for Specific Purposes..

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Chapter 1: Peer Review in Academic Settings -- Chapter 2: The Genre of Reviewers’ Reports -- Chapter 3: Pragmatics and Reviewers’ Reports -- Chapter 4: Politeness and Reviewers’ Reports -- Chapter 5: Evaluation and Reviewers’ Reports -- Chapter 6: Learning to Do Peer Review -- Chapter 7: Implications for Reviewer Training -- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

1 Peer Review in Academic Settings 1 // Peer Review in Academic Settings 1 // Reviews of Research Grant Applications 2 // Reviews of Promotion and Tenure Track Applications 8 // Peer Review of Academic Books 12 // Book Reviews 12 // Book Blurbs 13 // Peer Review of Book Proposals 15 // Reviews for Book Proposals 16 // Reviews for a Second Edition of a Book 18 // Proposals for Edited Collections 20 // Peer Review of Journal Articles 21 // The History of Editorial Peer Review 22 // The Process of Editorial Peer Review 23 // Overview of the Study 25 // The Reviewers’ Reports 27 // Overview of the Book 28 // 2 The Genre of Reviewers’ Reports 31 // The Context of Reviewers’ Reports 35 // The Discourse Structure of Reviewers’ Reports 38 // vii // viii // Contents // The Accept Reviews 41 // The Minor Revisions Reviews 42 // The Major Revisions Reviews 45 // The Reject Reviews 47 // The Content of Reviewers Reports 49 // The Accept Reviews 52 // The Minor Revisions Reviews 54 // The Major Revisions Reviews 56 // The Reject Reviews 61 // Positive and Negative Comments in All the Reviews 63 // Conclusions 64 // 3 Pragmatics and Reviewers’ Reports 67 // Pragmatics and Discourse 68 // Speech Acts and the Interpretation of Texts 69 // The Language of Reviewers’ Reports 72 // Speech Acts and the Reviewers’ Reports 74 // Experience of the Reviewers 81 // Language Background of the Reviewers 83 // Discussion 84 // Conclusions 87 // 4 Politeness and Reviewers’ Reports 91 // Politeness and Face 92 // Politeness and Gender 95 // Face-Threatening Acts 96 // Politeness and Reviewers’ Reports 98 // The Accept Reviews 100 // The Minor Revisions Reviews 102 // The Major Revisions Reviews 105 // The Reject Reviews 107 // Conclusions 111 // C 5 Evaluation and Reviewers’ Reports 115 // Corpus Studies of Academic Discourse 120 // Stance and Academic Writing 122 //

Evaluative Language in the Reports 124 // The Accept Reviews 124 // The Minor Revisions Reviews 126 // The Major Revisions Reviews 127 // The Reject Reviews 129 // Reviewer Roles in the Reports 132 // The Accept Reviews 135 // The Minor Revisions Reviews 136 // The Major Revisions Reviews 138 // The Reject Reviews 140 // Conclusions 142 // 6 Learning to Do Peer Review 145 // Training and Mentoring in Peer Review 145 // Learning to Do Peer Review 148 // How They Learnt to Write Reviews 148 // Language Background of the Reviewers 150 // The Most Challenging Aspects of Writing Reviews 151 // The Most Straightforward Aspects of Writing Reviews 152 // Discussion 153 // Implications for Reviewer Training 154 // Conclusion 155 // 7 Implications for Reviewer Training 157 // Workshop: Understanding the Peer Review Process 159 // Tasks: Understanding the Peer Review Process 162 // The Peer Review Process 162 // The Initial Culling of Submissions 163 // Review Criteria and Types of Journal 166 // Reviewing Submissions to Academic Journals 168 // From Reviewers’ Reports to the Final Version or an Academic Article // Implications for Successful Academic Publishing Tasks: Understanding Reviewers Reports // The Genre of Reviewers Reports // The Content of Reviewers Reports // Pragmatics and Reviewers’ Reports // Politeness and Reviewers Reports // Evaluation in Reviewers’ Reports // Conclusion // 8 Conclusions // 183 // Appendix: Questionnaire for the Reviewers 195 // References 197 // Index 223