The Dangers of English as Lingua Franca of Journals by Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis

The Dangers of English as Lingua Franca of Journals by Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis

In this very interesting article the authors Mary Jane and Theresa Lillis both professors in their respective fields discusses the salient features of English as the main language for journals including trends, research lack, growth, constraints etc.... In our perspective how will this affect scientific communication?

 https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/03/13/domination-english-language-journal-publishing-hurting-scholarship-many-countries

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